Việt

See also: viet, Viet, Viet., and viết

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [viət̚˧˨ʔ]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [viək̚˨˩ʔ]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [viək̚˨˩˨] ~ [jiək̚˨˩˨]
• Homophones: việc, diệt, diệc

Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese word from 越 (“Yue; Viet”). Doublet of vượt.

Proper noun

Việt

1. a male given name from Chinese
2. (history) Yue, a state in ancient China

   Việt vương Câu Tiễn

   King Goujian of Yue

3. (only in compounds) Vietnam

   Nhật-Việt

   Japano-Vietnam(ese)

Adjective

Việt

1. (history) of Yue origin
2. (linguistics) Vietic
3. (slightly literary) nationally or culturally Vietnamese
4. (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

Việt

1. (rare) Guangdong and Guangxi, also known as Yue