viet
viet — noun
1. a person who was part of the Vietnamese group that fought against French rule an
a person who was part of the Vietnamese group that fought against French rule and Japanese forces during the 1940s and 1950s
An old viet named Minho showed journalists the tunnel where he had once hidden.
countable noun with article: 'a viet' / 'an old viet'
Paul met a viet who had fought at Dien Bien Phu and survived the battle.
The French patrol captured a viet near the village of Hoa Binh in 1951.
Sana spoke with a viet whose family had supported the resistance since 1945.
During the long war, many young viets fought alongside older soldiers in the jungle.
- Vietminh
refers to the political and military organization itself, not an individual member
- resistance fighter
broader term that can apply to any anti-colonial fighter, not specific to the Vietminh
文法句型
article + viet
viet + verb
用法筆記
A countable noun that typically appears with an article ('a viet', 'the viet'). The plural form is 'viets'. This term appears almost exclusively in historical writing about the First Indochina War (1946–1954).