bít tất

Vietnamese

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 蔽膝 (“ancient knee covering”; SV: tế tất).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɓit̚˧˦ tət̚˧˦]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɓit̚˦˧˥ tək̚˦˧˥]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔɓɨt̚˦˥ tək̚˦˥]

Noun

(classifier cái, chiếc) bít tất

sock (covering for the foot)
đôi bít tất
a pair of socks

Synonyms: tất, vớ
(by extension) stocking

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