tiết kiệm

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 節儉 (“economise”).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [tiət̚˧ˀ˦ kiəm˧ˀ˨ʔ]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [tiək̚˦˥ kiəm˨ˀ˨ʔ]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [tiək̚˦ˀ˥ kim˨˩˨]

Verb

tiết kiệm

to economize

sự tiết kiệm ― economising

sổ tiết kiệm ― savings-book

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