tư

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "tu"

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 四 (“four”, SV: tứ).

Numeral

tư • (𦊛)

  1. (chiefly Northern Vietnam, only in compounds) four
    hai mươi tư ― twenty four
    một trăm linh tư ― one hundred and four
  2. fourth
    ba phần tư ― three quarters
    thứ tư ― fourth/Wednesday
    tháng tư ― fourth month/April
  3. (Southern Vietnam, of a sibling) third-born
    chú tư ― "fourth" uncle (your grandparents' third child, who's male and who's younger than one of your parents)
    anh tư ― "fourth" big brother (your parents' third child who's your older brother)
    chị tư ― "fourth" big sister (your parents' third child who's your older sister, or a woman whose husband's his parents' third child)
Usage notes
  • Unlike other cardinal numbers, the ordinal phrasal expression for bốn (“four”) is generally not *thứ bốn, but thứ tư (“fourth”).

See also

Etymology 2

Sino-Vietnamese word from 私.

Adjective

tư

  1. (formal or of a school) private
    Synonyms: riêng, tư thục
    Antonyms: công, chung
    riêng tư ― private and personal
    việc tư ― private affairs
    công tư phân minh ― upright about the boundary between public and private matters
Derived terms
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Sino-Vietnamese word from 斯.

Determiner

tư

  1. (only in compounds) this (occurred in compounds derived from or in the style of Classical Chinese)
Derived terms

Etymology 4

Romanization

tư

  1. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 司
  2. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 資
  3. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 思
  4. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 咨
  5. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 姿
  6. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 玆
  7. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 滋
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