tiết

See also: tiet and Tiet

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese word from 節. Doublet of Tết.

Noun

tiết

  1. (rare) Clipping of tiết khí (“solar term”).
    tiết đại hàn ― the "majorly cold" solar term
  2. (of the weather) a period
    tiết trời mát dịu ― a cool day
  3. (education) a period
    tiết 1 ― first period
    Một tiết kéo dài 45 phút.
    Each period lasts for 45 minutes.
    Hôm nay học 4 tiết.
    We'll stay at school for 4 periods today.
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Etymology 2

Sino-Vietnamese word from 洩.

Verb

tiết

  1. to leak; to secrete; to emit
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Etymology 3

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 血 (“blood”, SV: huyết).

Noun

tiết

  1. blood of slaughtered animal
  2. (colloquial) bile; irritation
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Romanization

tiết

  1. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 泌
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