thốt

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See also: thot, thớt, and tho't

Vietnamese

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 說 (SV: thuyết). Doublet of thuyết.

Pronunciation

Verb

thốt

  1. (usually literary) to utter; to speak; to tell
    Nàng có nhiều điều muốn nói mà chẳng thốt nên lời.
    She has a lot to say, but cannot utter a single word.
    經尼孛說垰把恩盎那極曩
    Kinh này Bụt thốt cả trả ơn áng nạ cực nặng
    In this sutra the Buddha speaks about repaying parents' deep kindness
    • 1820, Nguyễn Du (阮攸), Đoạn trường tân thanh (Truyện Kiều)‎, published 1866, lines 21–22:
      花唭玉説端莊 / 𩄲輸渃𩯀雪讓牟䏧
      Hoa cười ngọc thốt đoan trang / Mây thua nước tóc tuyết nhường màu da
      A smile like a flower, speech like jade, very comely. / What are clouds to her hair, what is snow to her complexion?

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