thịt

From Proto-Vietic *-siːt; cognate with Muong thit and Chut [Rục] sit⁸. Compare thức, which has same initial development.

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [tʰit̚˧˨ʔ]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [tʰit̚˨˩ʔ]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [tʰɨt̚˨˩˨]

(classifier miếng, cục) thịt • (舌, 䏦, 𦧘, 𬚸)

1. human or animal flesh, especially meat, but mostly except fish and shellfish

   thịt lợn/heo ― pork

   thịt trâu ― water buffalo beef

   thịt bò ― Southern Yellow zebu beef

   thịt cá ― meat and fish

   thịt nạc ― non-fat meat

   thịt mỡ ― fat attached to meat

   da thịt ― human flesh, as something that makes humans human (literally, “skin and flesh”)

   máu thịt ― (our country, people, etc., as) part of us, as integral as our flesh and blood (literally, “blood and flesh”)

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