Definition

1. Noun:

   • Blood (as food): The congealed blood of some animals, used as a food ingredient.
   • Period / Season / Climatic node: A division of time, often referring to a season, a climatic period within the traditional lunar calendar, or a specific point in time.
   • Section / Paragraph: A distinct, coherent segment within a larger piece of writing, such as a chapter.
   • Class period / Lesson: A fixed period of time allocated for a lesson or class in school.
   • Virtue / Fidelity / Integrity: Moral strength, loyalty, or chastity, especially of a widow.

2. Verb:

   • To secrete: (Of a gland or organ) to produce and release a fluid substance.
   • To emit / To exude: To give off or release something, such as a smell or liquid.

Usage Examples

• Noun:

  • Món tiết canh là món ăn từ tiết lợn sống. (Blood pudding is a dish made from raw pig's blood.)
  • Tiết trời mùa thu thật mát mẻ. (The autumn weather is very cool.)
  • Chương này có ba tiết. (This chapter has three sections.)
  • Chúng tôi có một tiết học tiếng Anh. (We have one English class period.)
  • Bà ấy giữ tiết thờ chồng. (She remained faithful to her deceased husband.)

• Verb:

  • Tuyến nước bọt tiết nước bọt. (The salivary gland secretes saliva.)
  • Đóa hoa này tiết ra mùi hương ngọt ngào. (This flower emits a sweet fragrance.)

Advanced Usage

• "Tiết học": A study period, a lesson.

  • Tiết học đầu tiên bắt đầu lúc 7 giờ. (The first lesson begins at 7 o'clock.)

• "Tiết kiệm": To save, to economize (a compound word where "tiết" carries the sense of regulating or moderating).

  • Chúng ta nên tiết kiệm nước. (We should save water.)

Variants and Related Words

• Tiết canh (n): A Vietnamese dish of raw blood pudding.
• Tiết trời (n): The weather, the climate at a given time.
• Tiết lộ (v): To reveal, to disclose (a compound verb).
• Bài tiết (v/n): To excrete / excretion.

Synonyms

• Noun: Blood (for food); season, period; section, part; class, lesson; virtue, chastity.
• Verb: To secrete, to produce; to emit, to give off.

Related Idioms and Phrases

• Nóng tiết / Điên tiết: To be furious, to lose one's temper (literally: hot blood / crazy blood).

  • Tin đó làm anh ta nóng tiết. (That news made him furious.)

• Giữ tiết: To preserve one's virtue or fidelity (often used historically for widows).

  • Truyền thống cũ đòi hỏi người góa phụ phải giữ tiết. (The old tradition required widows to remain chaste.)

noun

1. section period time, season

verb

1. to secrete, to emit