vị tất

See also: vitat and vị-tất

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

Etymology

    Sino-Vietnamese word from 未必.

    Pronunciation

    • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [vi˧˨ʔ tət̚˧˦]
    • (Huế) IPA(key): [vɪj˨˩ʔ tək̚˦˧˥]
    • (Saigon) IPA(key): [vɪj˨˩˨ tək̚˦˥] ~ [jɪj˨˩˨ tək̚˦˥]

    Adverb

    vị tất

    1. not necessarily (it is not necessary that)
    2. not automaticaly (it does not immediately follow that)
      • 1943, Trần Trọng Kim, “Lời phát đoan”, in Nho-giáo‎[1], volume I, Lê Thăng, page 20:
        […] thành-thử cái xấu, cái dở của mình, thì vị tất đã bỏ đi được, […]
        […] which is the reason why the ugly and the bad in us is not automatically done away with, […]
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