tứ

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "tu"

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese word from 四.

Numeral

tứ

  1. (Sino-Vietnamese numeral) four
Usage notes
  • Like all Sino-Vietnamese numerals smaller than triệu (“million”), the "standard" reading tứ itself is never used as a cardinal number (for counting, etc.), where native numerals are used instead; its use therefore is restricted to compounds.
    bốn căn nhà (never *tứ/tư căn nhà) ― four houses
  • However, the variant tư is used in titles (e.g. chú tư) and in forming numerals bigger than 10.
    bốn mươi tư ― forty-four
  • Comparing to Chinese and other Sino-Xenic languages, there is little to no taboo regarding the number "four" (tetraphobia) in Vietnamese. In fact, tứ/tư is actually one of the few Sino-Vietnamese numerals that enjoy usages outside of fixed compounds, and the one of the two Sino-Vietnamese items (along không (“zero”)) that had penetrated into the (lower) cardinal counting system, where it coexists with native bốn.
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

Romanization

tứ

  1. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 思 (“thought”)
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