Vietnamese Etymology Sino-Vietnamese word from 小商. Pronunciation (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [tiəw˧˩ tʰɨəŋ˧˧] (Huế) IPA(key): [tiw˧˨ tʰɨəŋ˧˧] (Saigon) IPA(key): [tiw˨˩˦ tʰɨəŋ˧˧] Noun tiểu thương small trader; shopkeeperWikiwand - on Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.