Việt
See also: viet, Viet, Viet., and viết
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [viət̚˧˨ʔ]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [viək̚˨˩ʔ]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [viək̚˨˩˨] ~ [jiək̚˨˩˨]
- Homophones: việc, diệt, diệc
Etymology 1
Sino-Vietnamese word from 越.
Synonyms
- vượt: Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 越 (“to pass over”, SV: việt) (Nôm reading)
- “to exceed; to cross over”.
- Vượt qua môn thử thách
- To overcome challenges
- Vượt qua môn thử thách
- “to exceed; to cross over”.
Proper noun
Việt
- a male given name from Chinese
- (historical) Yue, a state in ancient China
- Việt vương Câu Tiễn
- King Goujian of Yue
- (only in compounds) Vietnam
- Nhật-Việt
- Japano-Vietnam(ese)
- Nhật-Việt
Adjective
Việt
- (historical) of Yue origin
- (linguistics) Vietic
- (slightly literary) nationally or culturally Vietnamese
- (rare, of a person) Synonym of Kinh (“ethnically Vietnamese”)
Derived terms
- Bách Việt (百越, “Baiyue”)
- Hán Việt (漢越, “Sino-Vietnamese”)
- Nam Việt (南越, “Nanyue”)
- người Việt (𠊛越, “Yue people, usually refers to Vietnamese people”)
- thuần Việt (純越, “native to Vietnam”)
- tiếng Việt (㗂越, “Vietnamese language”)
- Việt cộng (越共, “Vietcong”)
- Việt kiều (越僑, “overseas Vietnamese people”)
- Việt Nam (越南, “Vietnam”)
Descendants
- English: Vietic
- French: viétique
Etymology 2
Sino-Vietnamese word from 粵.
Proper noun
Việt
- (rare) Guangdong and Guangxi, also known as Yue