thốt

See also: thot, thớt, and tho't

Vietnamese

Etymology

    Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 說 (SV: thuyết). Doublet of thuyết.

    Pronunciation

    • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [tʰot̚˧˦]
    • (Huế) IPA(key): [tʰok̚˦˧˥]
    • (Saigon) IPA(key): [tʰok̚˦˥]

    Verb

    thốt

    1. (often 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

    • thề thốt
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