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Việt
Việt
Vietnamese
Proper noun
- A male given name
- (historical) Yue, a state in ancient China
- (only in compounds) Vietnam
- Nhật-Việt
- Japano-Vietnam(ese)
- Nhật-Việt
Adjective
- (historical) of Yue origin
- (linguistics) Vietic
- (slightly literary) Vietnamese
Derived terms
- Bách Việt (“Baiyue”)
- Nam Việt (“Nanyue”)
- người Việt (“Yue people, usually refers to Vietnamese people”)
- tiếng Việt (“Vietnamese language”)
- thuần Việt (“native to Vietnam”)
- Hán Việt (“Sino-Vietnamese”)
- Việt kiều (“overseas Vietnamese people”)
- Việt Nam (“Vietnam”)
- Việt cộng (“Vietcong”)
Descendants
- English: Vietic
Etymology 2
Sino-Vietnamese word from 粵, from Middle Chinese 粵
Proper noun
việt
Việt
Vietnamese
Proper noun
- A male given name
- (historical) Yue, a state in ancient China
- (only in compounds) Vietnam
- Nhật-Việt
- Japano-Vietnam(ese)
- Nhật-Việt
Adjective
- (historical) of Yue origin
- (linguistics) Vietic
- (slightly literary) Vietnamese
Derived terms
- Bách Việt (“Baiyue”)
- Nam Việt (“Nanyue”)
- người Việt (“Yue people, usually refers to Vietnamese people”)
- tiếng Việt (“Vietnamese language”)
- thuần Việt (“native to Vietnam”)
- Hán Việt (“Sino-Vietnamese”)
- Việt kiều (“overseas Vietnamese people”)
- Việt Nam (“Vietnam”)
- Việt cộng (“Vietcong”)
Descendants
- English: Vietic
Etymology 2
Sino-Vietnamese word from 粵, from Middle Chinese 粵