thốt
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Vietnamese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 說 (SV: thuyết). Doublet of thuyết.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]thốt
- (usually literary) to utter; to speak; to tell
- Nàng có nhiều điều muốn nói mà chẳng thốt nên lời.
- She has a lot to say, but cannot utter a single word.
- 經尼孛說垰把恩盎那極曩
- Kinh này Bụt thốt cả trả ơn áng nạ cực nặng
- In this sutra the Buddha speaks about repaying parents' deep kindness
- 1820, Nguyễn Du (阮攸), Đoạn trường tân thanh (Truyện Kiều)[1], published 1866, lines 21–22:
- 花唭玉説端莊 / 𩄲輸渃𩯀雪讓牟䏧
- Hoa cười ngọc thốt đoan trang / Mây thua nước tóc tuyết nhường màu da
- A smile like a flower, speech like jade, very comely. / What are clouds to her hair, what is snow to her complexion?
See also
[edit]Derived terms