mặt

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mat"

Vietnamese

Etymology

From Middle Vietnamese mặt.

Originally meaning “eye” and is the regular descendant of Proto-Vietic *mat (“eye”), further from Proto-Mon-Khmer *mat (“eye”). Related to mắt (“eye”). The semantic change of “eye” > “face” can also be seen in Muong, most dialects of which use a single form, măt, to mean both “eye” and “face”.

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [mat̚˧˨ʔ]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [mak̚˨˩ʔ]
(Saigon) IPA^(key): [mak̚˨˩˨]
Homophone: mặc (southern Vietnamese)

Noun

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cơ thể

(classifier cái, bộ, gương, khuôn, bản) mặt • (末, 𩈘, 𫖀, 密, 𪾺, 𬰢)

face (front part of head)
face (facial expression)
face (public image)
face (geometry: bounding surface of a polyhedron)
face (surface, especially a front or outer one)
aspect; dimension
về nhiều mặt ― in many aspects

Derived terms

Adjective

mặt

(archaic) right (of direction)
Synonym: phải

tay mặt ― the right hand/arm

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