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Vietnamese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Sino-Vietnamese word from 適 (“appropriate; suitable; to your liking”).
Verb
thích
- to like
- Antonym: ghét
Mày người châu Á mà không thích cơm à !?- You don't like rice and you call yourself an Asian!?
Tao không làm không phải vì tao không làm được. Tao không làm vì tao không thích làm.- I didn't do it not because I couldn't. I didn't do it because I didn't feel like doing it.
Mình thích hát lắm !- I love singing!
Ê, bồ thích nhỏ đó hả?- Hold on, you like that girl, don't you?
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 槭 (SV: túc). Likely borrowed from a southern Sinitic form with aspiration and high front vowel.
Noun
(classifier cây) thích
- maple
- Synonym: phong