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 (“Yue; Viet”). Doublet of vượt.

Proper noun

a male given name from Chinese
(history) Yue, a state in ancient China
Việt vương Câu Tiễn
King Goujian of Yue
(only in compounds) Vietnam
Nhật-Việt
Japano-Vietnam(ese)

Adjective

(history) 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 or Bǎi Yuè”)
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

(rare) Guangdong and Guangxi, also known as Yue

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