nhíp

See also: nhịp

Vietnamese

Etymology

Borrowed from a Tai language; compare Thai เย็บ (yép), Zhuang nyib. See also Chinese 鑷 (MC nrjep), which is surely related to the Proto-Tai word, but the direction of borrowing is uncertain.

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ɲip̚˧˦]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ɲip̚˦˧˥]
(Saigon) IPA^(key): [ɲip̚˦˥]

Noun

(classifier cái, cây) nhíp • (釞)

tweezers

Verb

nhíp • (釞)

to sew