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dầu

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dầu means oil.

Meanings of dầu in English

Noun

  1. oil

Noun

  1. Dipterocarpus

Conjunction

  1. alternative form of dù (“although”)

Words with dầu

Example sentences with dầu

  • Tôi đã mua một chai dầu sa-lát. I bought a bottle of salad oil.
  • Còn về giá dầu thì sao? What about the price of oil?
  • Giấy thì hút dầu. Paper absorbs oil.
  • Giấy hấp thụ dầu. Paper absorbs oil.
  • Tranh sơn dầu này đã có từ đầu thế kỉ mười sáu. The oil painting is from the beginning of the sixteenth century.
  • Có phải da của đàn ông có dầu nhiều hơn da của phụ nữ? Is it true that men have oilier skin than women?
  • Từ khi sự cố tràn dầu mới đây xảy ra, tôi đã không ăn một chút hải sản nào. I haven't eaten any seafood since the recent oil spill.
  • Trong xưởng vẽ có một bức tranh sơn dầu đang vẽ dở. Ngoài ra thì trong đó chẳng còn một bức tranh nào cả. There was a single oil painting left unfinished in the studio. No other pictures were there.

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

Historical script (chữ Nôm / Hán)

Before the Latin alphabet (chữ Quốc ngữ) became standard, dầu could be written as 𪽠, 油, 喻. Today Vietnamese is written only in the Latin alphabet.

Etymology

Unclear.

Frequently asked questions

What does dầu mean in English?

dầu (noun) means "oil".

How do you pronounce dầu?

IPA: Hanoi [zəw˨˩]; Saigon [jəw˨˩]. Tones: dầu — falling tone (huyền).

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.