thiết tha

== Vietnamese == === Etymology === Sino-Vietnamese word from 切磋, exhibiting a semantic shift from Chinese. Often spelled 切他 in texts, but this is almost certainly not etymological. === Pronunciation === (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [tʰiət̚˧˦ tʰaː˧˧] (Huế) IPA(key): [tʰiək̚˦˧˥ tʰaː˧˧] (Saigon) IPA(key): [tʰiək̚˦˥ tʰaː˧˧] === Adjective === thiết tha • (切他) earnest; ardent; fervent ==== See also ==== thướt tha === Anagrams === tha thiết