thiết tha

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 切磋, exhibiting a semantic shift from Chinese.

Often spelled 切他 in texts, but this is almost certainly not etymological.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [tʰiət̚˧˦ tʰaː˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [tʰiək̚˦˧˥ tʰaː˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [tʰiək̚˦˥ tʰaː˧˧]

Adjective

thiết tha • (切他)

  1. earnest; ardent; fervent

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