siết

See also: siet

Vietnamese

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 切 (“to cut, to slice, to be close to”; SV: thiết).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [siət̚˧˦]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ʂiək̚˦˧˥]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʂiək̚˦˥] ~ [siək̚˦˥]

Verb

siết

to tighten

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