Tết
See also: tet, Tet, tét, tèt, tēt, teṭ, -tet, and tēṭ
Vietnamese
Alternative forms
- tết
Etymology
Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 節 (“festival”, SV: tiết). Doublet of tiết.
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [tet̚˧˦]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [tet̚˦˧˥]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [təːt̚˦˥]
Noun
(classifier cái) Tết • (節)
- Lunar New Year (the first three days of the first lunar month)
- (by extension) Used in the names of some other holidays/festivals
- Tết dương lịch / Tết Tây ― New Year
- Tết Nguyên Đán / Tết âm lịch / Tết ta ― Lunar New Year
- Tết Đoan Ngọ ― Duanwu
- Tết Trung thu ― Mid-Autumn Festival
- Chúc anh chị một cái Tết vui vẻ.
- We wish you a Happy Lunar New Year.
- (rare, by extension, usually in simplified translation) a festival
- "tết" con trai ― Kodomo no Hi
- "tết" con gái ― Hinamatsuri
Usage notes
- Tết can broadly include the last (30th) day of the last month of the previous lunar year (the "Lunar New Year's Eve"), and up to seven days after the first three days.
Related terms
- tiết (“section, period, time, season”)
See also
Tết (định hướng) on the Vietnamese Wikipedia.Wikipedia vi