thui

Probably from non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 焠 (SV: thối).

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [tʰuj˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [tʰuj˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [tʰuj˧˧]

thui • (𤏥, 熣)

1. To burn black, scorch.
2. To cook an animal or meat outside in by burning or scorching its outer layer (mostly with skin), so that while the outer layer is well-cooked, the inner meat remains rare or medium rare.

   Near-synonym: nướng (“to roast without scorching”)

   bê thui ― veal calf roasted whole over an open flame

thui

1. (only in compounds) undeveloped