rặt

See also: Appendix:Variations of "rat"

Vietnamese

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [zat̚˧˨ʔ]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʐak̚˨˩ʔ]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ɹak̚˨˩˨]

Adjective

rặt • (列, 悉, 秩, 迭𖿱, 逸, 勒)

  1. (colloquial) only; nothing but; purely; entirely
    Người chỉ còn rặt những xương.
    The person was reduced to nothing but bones (i.e. extremely skinny).

References

  • “rặt”, in Soha Tra Từ (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Vietnam Communications Corporation. Available under the Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike license.
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