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Vietnamese
Etymology
Probably from non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 焠 (SV: thối).
Pronunciation
Verb
thui • (𤏥, 熣)
- To burn black, scorch.
- 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
Derived terms
Adjective
thui
- (only in compounds) undeveloped
Derived terms