tất tần tật

Vietnamese

Etymology

Trisyllabic reduplicative of tất.

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [tət̚˧˦ tən˨˩ tət̚˧˨ʔ]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [tək̚˦˧˥ təŋ˦˩ tək̚˨˩ʔ]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [tək̚˦˥ təŋ˨˩ tək̚˨˩˨]

Noun

tất tần tật

all and everything

Usage notes

Much more emphatic than tất cả or the colloquial hết.

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