thớt

See also: thot, thốt, and tho't

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [tʰəːt̚˧˦]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [tʰəːk̚˦˧˥]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [tʰəːk̚˦˥]
  • Audio (Hà Nội):(file)

Etymology 1

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Noun

(classifier cái, chiếc) thớt • (橽, 𣐆, 𣘄)

  1. chopping board
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Corruption of English thread.

Noun

thớt

  1. (neologism, Internet slang) thread (series of messages)
Derived terms
  • chủ thớt (“OP/original poster”)

Etymology 3

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 匹 (SV: thất).

Classifier

thớt

  1. (archaic or literary) Indicates certain animals, chiefly horses and elephants.
    • 1993 [c. 1810], Bùi Dương Lịch, translated by Nguyễn Thị Thảo, Nghệ An ký, Hanoi: NXB Khoa học xã hội, page 337:
      Vua trên thớt ngựa chạy sang Bảo Lộc, [...]
      The king on horse's [back] fled towards Bảo Lộc, [...]
    • 1993 [1889], Viện Sử học, transl., Đại Nam chính biên liệt truyện, Hue: NXB Thuận Hóa, page 538:
      [...] đem 3.000 binh đinh, 80 thớt voi chiến, theo đường miền trên vào Ai Lao, [...]
      [...] took 3,000 troops, 80 war elephants, to march along the upland into Laos [...]
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