tiếng Mĩ

Vietnamese

FWOTD – 12 January 2015
The spelling of this entry has been normalized from tiếng Mỹ according to the principles established by Wiktionary's editor community as described at Wiktionary:About Vietnamese or recent spelling standards of the language.

Alternative forms

Etymology

tiếng (language) +‎ (America).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [tiəŋ˧˦ mi˦ˀ˥]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [tiəŋ˦˧˥ mɪj˧˨]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [tiəŋ˦˥ mɪj˨˩˦]
  • Audio (Hà Nội):(file)

Noun

(classifier thứ) tiếng • (㗂美)

  1. (chiefly US) English (the English language)
    nói giỏi tiếng Mỹto speak English fluently/skillfully
    • 1971: Nguyễn Trung Thành, Đất Quảng, vol. 1, p. 66 [1]
      Thằng Min nói bằng tiếng Mỹ rành rọt dứt khoát như ra lệnh...
      Min spoke in English, clearly and precisely, as if giving a command...
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:tiếng Mĩ.
  2. American English

Usage notes

The spelling tiếng Mĩ is rare – very rare in the sense of the English language in general. The spelling tiếng Mỹ is much more common, but Wiktionary's practice prefers this spelling.

Synonyms

Adjective

tiếng

  1. (chiefly US) English (in the English language)

Usage notes

The spelling tiếng Mĩ is very rare. The spelling tiếng Mỹ is used instead.

Synonyms