Tết Tây

Vietnamese

Etymology

Tết (“New Year”) +‎ Tây (“west”), in contrast with Tết ta (“Lunar New Year”), literally, "our New Year".

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [tet̚˧˦ təj˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [tet̚˦˧˥ təj˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [təːt̚˦˥ təj˧˧]

Noun

Tết Tây

  1. New Year's Day (the first day of the Gregorian calendar)

See also

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