bít tất

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

  • (obsolete) bí tất

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 蔽膝 (“ancient knee covering”, SV: tế tất). The obsolete form bí tất is also attested.

The "intrusive" ‹-t› in the first syllable occurred in anticipation of the ‹t-› in tất.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓit̚˧˦ tət̚˧˦]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓit̚˦˧˥ tək̚˦˧˥]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɓɨt̚˦˥ tək̚˦˥]

Noun

(classifier cái, chiếc) bít tất

  1. (Northern Vietnam) sock (covering for the foot)
    Synonyms: tất, vớ
    đôi bít tất ― a pair of socks
  2. (by extension) stocking
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