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mùa

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Hanoi [muə˨˩]Huế [muə˦˩]Saigon [muə˨˩] browser voice
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mùafallinghuyền

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mùa means season.

Meanings of mùa in English

Noun

  1. season — each of the four divisions of a year: spring, summer, autumn (fall) and winter.
  2. season — a part of a year when something particular happens.
    • mùa giao phốimating season
    • mùa mưarainy season
    • mùa bóng đáfootball season
  3. season — a group of episodes of a television or radio program broadcast in regular intervals with a long break between each group, usually with one year between the beginning of each.
    • Tôi chưa xem mùa một của bộ phim.I haven't seen season one of the series.

Adjective

  1. of rice sown at the beginning or middle of the rainy season (May, June), harvested at the end of the rainy season or the beginning of the dry season (October, November)

Noun

  1. abbreviation, colloquial short for lúa mùa

Words with mùa

mùa đôngmùa hạmùa hèmùa màngmùa mưamùa nước nổimùa thumùa vụmùa xuânquê mùavụ mùa

Example sentences with mùa

  • Mùa đông là một mùa lạnh giá. Winter is a cold season.
  • Mùa đông là mùa tôi thích nhất. Winter is my favorite season.
  • Mùa hè là một mùa nóng. Summer is a hot season.
  • Mỗi mùa có mười hai tập. Each season has about twelve episodes.
  • Mùa đông là mùa yêu thích của tôi. Winter is my favorite season.
  • Cô ấy thấy mùa đầu tiên hay hơn mùa thứ hai. She finds the first season better than the second season.
  • Chúc bạn bình an và hạnh phúc nhân mùa giáng sinh. Wishing you peace and happiness at Christmas.
  • Vào mùa du lịch, nhiều khách sạn khác tăng giá phòng. In the tourist season, many hotels raise prices.

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, mùa could be written as 務, 务, 謨, 𬁒. Today Vietnamese is written only in the Latin alphabet.

Etymology

Likely non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 務 (SV: vụ); most probably originally referred to agricultural cycle, which overlaps with natural seasons.

Frequently asked questions

What does mùa mean in English?

mùa (noun) means "season".

How do you pronounce mùa?

IPA: Hanoi [muə˨˩]; Saigon [muə˨˩]. Tones: mùa — 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.