Việt

See also: viet, Viet, Viet., and viết

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [viət̚˧˨ʔ]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [viək̚˨˩ʔ]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [viək̚˨˩˨] ~ [jiək̚˨˩˨]
• Homophones: việc, diệt, diệc

Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese word from 越 (“Yue; Viet”). Doublet of vượt.

Proper noun

Việt

1. a unisex given name from Chinese; predominantly male
2. (history) Yue, a state in ancient China

   Việt vương Câu Tiễn ― King Goujian of Yue

   • Fan Li's letter to Wen Zhong, quoted in c. 91 BCE, Sima Qian, Records of the Grand Historian; Vietnamese translation by Phan Ngọc

     Chim đã hết thì cung tốt phải cất, thỏ khôn đã chết thì chó săn bị nấu. Vua Việt là người cổ dài, miệng diều hâu có thể cùng lo lúc hoạn nạn, nhưng không thể cùng vui sướng với ông ta. Sao ông lại không bỏ đi?

     When the birds are all gone, then the good bows are stored; when the cunning hares are all dead, then the hounds are cooked. The long-necked, hawk-mouthed king of Yue is a man with whom one can share woes, not enjoy weal. Why won't ye leave?

3. (only in compounds) Vietnam

   Nhật-Việt ― Japano-Vietnam(ese)

Adjective

Việt

1. (history) of Yue origin
2. (linguistics) Vietic
3. (slightly literary) nationally or culturally Vietnamese
   • 1945, Nguyễn Đình Thi (lyrics and music), “Diệt phát xít [Destroy the Fascists]”‎^[1]performed by The Voice of Vietnam's Male and Female Choir:

     Ôi đất Việt yêu dấu ngàn năm!

     O, beloved [many-]thousand-year-old Viet land!

4. (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.

Proper noun

Việt

1. (rare) Guangdong and Guangxi, also known as Yue