Tết

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Vietnamese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 節 (“festival”, SV: tiết). Doublet of tiết.

Pronunciation

Noun

Tết • (節)

  1. New Year (either the first few days of the calendrical New Year or Lunar New Year)
    Tết Dương lịch; Tết Tây ― New Year's Day (literally, “New Year of the solar calendar; New Year of the West”)
    Tết âm lịch; Tết ta ― Lunar New Year (literally, “New Year of the lunar calendar; New Year of ours”)
    Chúc bạn có một kì nghỉ Tết vui vẻ.
    Wish you a happy Lunar New Year holiday.
  2. used in names of commemorative or meaningful festivals that have rituals
    Tết Nguyên đán ― Lunar New Year (literally, “New Year Festival”)
    Tết Đoan ngọ ― Duanwu Festival
    Tết Trung thu ― Mid-Autumn Festival

Usage notes

  • Tết is sometimes used loosely to include the last (29th or 30th) day of the last month of the previous lunar year (the Lunar New Year's Eve). In some cases, it also include some few several days after the first day.

Derived terms

  • tiết (“section, period, time, season”)

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