Words similar to viet
Example sentences for: viet
How can you use “viet” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:
The problem was solved simply by using an already standard character that had a similar sound to what the Viet called themselves.
At the time, things did not look good for South Vietnam, despite the utter failure of the Viet Cong to achieve what they wanted in the Tet Offensive.
' Thus in the Chinese spoken language of that time we have two homophones, one meant `the Viet (people or kingdom),' the other simply `extreme, to exceed.
' The Chinese character is simply a phonological rendering of a Viet word meaning `people.
I found Mr. Henry Henn's amphigory [XIV, 3] on military slang interesting, but his explanation of the meaning of Viet is at variance with my information.