tử
Appearance
See also: Appendix:Variations of "tu"
Vietnamese
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Sino-Vietnamese word from 子 (“child”).
Affix
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- a child, especially a boy or son
- Coordinate term: nữ
- tử tôn ― descendants
- công tử ― a duke's son
- a learned person
- Khổng Tử
- Master Kong
- Phật tử ― Buddhist
- sĩ tử ― a learned person
- (physics, not productive) a particle
- điện tử ― an electron
- quang tử ― a photon
- nguyên tử ― an atom
- phân tử ― a molecule
Noun
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Derived terms
[edit]See also
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Sino-Vietnamese word from 死 (“death”).
Verb
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- (in compounds or in certain expressions) to die
- tử trận ― to die in battle
- tử vì đạo ― to be martyred
- cửa tử ― death
Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 3
[edit]Sino-Vietnamese word from 紫. Doublet of tía.
Adjective
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