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Vietnamese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Likely from Middle Chinese 初 (MC tsrhjo). Doublet of sơ.
Its initial ‹th-› possibly results from the same phonological change which yields ‹s-› vs. ‹th-› doublets like SV readings sái and thái from Middle Chinese 蔡 (MC tshajH) as well as sẹo and thẹo (“scar”), etc.
Adjective
thơ • (𦭟, 𡮲)
- young, tender
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Etymology 2
Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 詩 (“poem”, SV: thi).
Noun
thơ
- poetry
- Synonym: thơ ca
- thơ Đường ― Tang poetry
(classifier bài) thơ
- a poem
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Etymology 3
Noun
(classifier bức) thơ
- (obsolete) Southern Vietnam form of thư (“letter”)