người thứ ba

Vietnamese

Etymology

người (“person”) +‎ thứ ba (“third”). Compare Chinese 第三者 (dìsānzhě).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ŋɨəj˨˩ tʰɨ˧˦ ʔɓaː˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ŋɨj˦˩ tʰɨ˨˩˦ ʔɓaː˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ŋɨj˨˩ tʰɨ˦˥ ʔɓaː˧˧]

Noun

người thứ ba

  1. (literally) the third person
  2. (figurative) the other man or woman; mistress
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