tiết kiệm

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 節儉, composed of 節 (“economize”) and 儉 (“thrifty”).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [tiət̚˧˦ kiəm˧˨ʔ]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [tiək̚˦˧˥ kiəm˨˩ʔ]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [tiək̚˦˥ kim˨˩˨]

Verb

tiết kiệm

  1. to economize
    sự tiết kiệm ― economising
    sổ tiết kiệm ― savings-book

Noun

tiết kiệm

  1. saving(s)
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