từ

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "tu"

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 自 (“from, since”, SV: tự). Doublet of tự.

Conjunction

từ

  1. from, since
  2. at, in (a time; indicating that the result of the action continues to the present)
    • 2009, Nguyễn Huy Thắng, Nguyễn Như Mai, Nguyễn Quốc Tín, Đoàn Đức Thành, Từ kinh đô đến thủ đô - dặm dài đất nước theo năm tháng, Kim Đồng publishing house, page 211:
      Bảo tàng Hà Nội thực tế đã được quyết định thành lập từ năm 1982, hiện tạm đạt tại phố Hàm Long.
      The Museum of Hanoi was actually officially founded in 1982, temporarily in Hàm Long street.

Etymology 2

Sino-Vietnamese word from 詞 (“word”). Doublet of tờ.

Noun

từ

  1. word
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Etymology 3

Sino-Vietnamese word from 祠 (“ancestral temple”).

Noun

từ

  1. (colloquial) short for ông từ (“temple guard”)

Etymology 4

Sino-Vietnamese word from 辭 (“ci poetry; to give up, to renounce”).

Noun

từ

  1. ci (poetry)
    Synonym: trường đoản cú

Verb

từ

  1. to disown, to cut ties with
    từ mặt nhau ― to cut ties with each other
  2. to resign
    từ quan ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
  3. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
    gian nan cũng không từ ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
  4. to spare, to leave out
    không từ thủ đoạn ― to spare no means
    đồ lễ cũng không từ ― to not spare even the offerings

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Etymology 5

Sino-Vietnamese word from 磁 (“magnetism”).

Noun

từ

  1. short for từ tính (“magnetism”)
    nhiễm từ ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
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