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Vietnamese
Etymology
Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 歲 (“age”, SV: tuế).
Pronunciation
Noun
tuổi • (歲, 𢆫, 𣦮)
- (of lifeforms) age
- lớn/nhỏ tuổi ― old/young (literally, “big/small age”)
- tuổi già/trẻ ― old/young age
- vòng tuổi ― growth ring
- tuổi dậy thì ― puberty
- a year of age
Bạn bao nhiêu tuổi?- How old are you?
Tôi ... tuổi.- I am ... years old.
Con gái phải mười tám tuổi trở lên mới được lấy vợ.- Only eighteen-year-old or older girls can marry.
- tòa nhà hơn 100 tuổi ― a building more than 100 years old
- (chiefly communism) a year of tenure
Ông 70 tuổi xuân, 50 tuổi Đảng.- He's 70 years "young" and he worked as an active Party member for 50 years.
- (occult, divination) the Vietnamese zodiac equivalent of a zodiac sign, i.e. an earthly branch or a zodiac beast, based on birthyear
Mày tuổi gì?
Tuổi mèo/Mão.- What's your zodiac beast?
Cat.
Nó tuổi hổ/Dần nên nóng tính lắm.- His zodiac beast is the Tiger. No wonder he has such a temper.
Tao tuổi trâu/Sửu, nó tuổi hổ/Dần, không hạp nhau đâu.- My zodiac beast is the Buffalo, his is the Tiger, so we don't get along.
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