thứ thiệt

Vietnamese

Etymology

thứ (“thing, kind”) +‎ thiệt (“real”). Semantically parallels that of English real deal and real thing.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [tʰɨ˧˦ tʰiət̚˧˨ʔ]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [tʰɨ˨˩˦ tʰiək̚˨˩ʔ]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [tʰɨ˦˥ tʰiək̚˨˩˨]

Adjective

thứ thiệt

  1. (Southern Vietnam, colloquial) true; real; authentic
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