diệt

See also: diet, diët, Diet, and DIET

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 滅.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ziət̚˧˨ʔ]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [jiək̚˨˩ʔ]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [jiək̚˨˩˨]

Verb

diệt

  1. to destroy, to exterminate
    thuốc diệt chuột ― rat poison (literally, “drug killing rats”)

Derived terms

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