Việt
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Sino-Vietnamese word from 越 (“Yue; Viet”). Doublet of vượt.
Proper noun
Adjective
- (history) of Yue origin
- (linguistics) Vietic
- (slightly literary) nationally or culturally Vietnamese
- (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.
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