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Vietnamese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 自 (“from, since”, SV: tự). Doublet of tự.
Conjunction
từ
- from, since
- 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
- word
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Etymology 3
Sino-Vietnamese word from 祠 (“ancestral temple”).
Noun
từ
- temple guard
Etymology 4
Sino-Vietnamese word from 辭 (“ci poetry; to give up, to renounce”).
Noun
từ
- ci (poetry)
Verb
từ
- to renounce, to disown
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