“Xíu”, “Chút”, “Tí” all mean “a little”, so why do Vietnamese care?

By Hoàng Trâm

If you’ve been learning Vietnamese for a while, you’ve probably heard these three words everywhere: xíu, chút, and tí. They all seem to mean “a little,” s

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