thẳng

== Vietnamese == === Etymology === Most likely a loanword. Its source is unclear; compare Middle Chinese 侹 (MC thengH) "long, level, straight (obsolete)" → SV: thính. See also bằng. The native Vietic word for "straight" is ngay, which also has Khmuic cognates. It is a semantic loan from English straight, in the sense of “heterosexual”. === Pronunciation === (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [tʰaŋ˧˩] (Huế) IPA(key): [tʰaŋ˧˨] (Saigon) IPA(key): [tʰaŋ˨˩˦] === Adjective === thẳng • (𣦎, 𣦛, 𥊢, 𥊣, 𬆅, 𬆈) straight vẽ đường thẳng ― to draw a straight line đoạn đường rất thẳng ― a very straight stretch of road direct; nonstop chuyến bay thẳng ― nonstop flight (slang, colloquial) heterosexual Antonym: cong === Adverb === thẳng • (𣦎, 𣦛, 𥊢, 𥊣, 𬆅, 𬆈) straight; upright đứng thẳng ― to stand up straight chạy thẳng qua ngã tư ― to drive straight through the intersection (figurative) straightforwardly; forthrightly; sincerely directly, continuously, without stopping đi thẳng về nhà ― to go straight home ngủ thẳng đến sáng ― to sleep all the way until morning bay thẳng từ Mỹ về Việt Nam ― to fly nonstop from America to Vietnam directly, without anything intervening nói thẳng với bạn ― to speak directly with a friend gặp thẳng giám đốc mà nói ― to speak directly with a supervisor straight away; soon after nói xong bỏ đi thẳng ― to hightail it after one is done speaking ==== Derived terms ====