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đến tuổi

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Hanoi [ʔɗen˧˦ tuəj˧˩]Huế [ʔɗen˦˧˥ tuj˧˨]Saigon [ʔɗəːn˦˥ tuj˨˩˦] browser voice
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đếnrisingsắctuổidippinghỏi

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đến tuổi means to come of age.

Meanings of đến tuổi in English

Verb

  1. to come of age; to be old enough to do something; to be of an age to do something
    • đến tuổi quân dịchto be old enough to do military service
    • Kim nghĩ rằng em chưa đến tuổi lái xe nên chưa cần biết biển báo giao thông.Kim thinks that she isn't old enough to drive, so she doesn't need to understand traffic signs.

Example sentences with đến tuổi

  • Bà ấy có thể sẽ sống đến 100 tuổi. She is likely to live to one hundred.
  • Tóc Mary đã bắt đầu bạc đi trước khi cô đến tuổi 30. Mary's hair started turning gray before she turned thirty.
  • Sao có nhiều người Brazil sống đến 110 tuổi thế? Bí quyết là gì? Why do so many Brazilians live to be 110 years old? What's the secret?

Bilingual example sentences from Tatoeba (tatoeba.org, CC BY 2.0 FR).

Etymology

đến + tuổi.

Frequently asked questions

What does đến tuổi mean in English?

đến tuổi (verb) means "to come of age".

How do you pronounce đến tuổi?

IPA: Hanoi [ʔɗen˧˦ tuəj˧˩]; Saigon [ʔɗəːn˦˥ tuj˨˩˦]. Tones: đến — rising tone (sắc), tuổi — dipping tone (hỏi).

Meanings, pronunciation and etymology from English Wiktionary (wiktionary.org, via kaikki.org; CC BY-SA 4.0), reviewed and edited; example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). IPA shown for three accents: Hanoi (Northern), Huế (Central) and Saigon (Southern). The Listen button uses your browser's Vietnamese voice, for reference only. Levels are approximate, estimated from word frequency. Spotted a mistake? Let NgonNgu know.