tựa
Hanoi [tɨə˧˨ʔ]Huế [tɨə˨˩ʔ]Saigon [tɨə˨˩˨] browser voice
Each syllable carries one of six tones; the mark on the vowel tells you which. How the six tones sound →
tựa means to lean.
Meanings of tựa in English
Verb
- to lean
Noun
- the part of a chair that supports the back of a seated person
Particle
- literary like; as if
- tựa nhưlike
Noun
- abbreviation clipping of tựa đề (“title”)
Words with tựa
Example sentences with tựa
- Cô ấy hát một bài hát mà tôi không biết tựa. She sang a song, the title of which I did not know.
- Mary tựa đầu vào vai Tom rồi ngay lập tức ngủ thiếp đi. Mary laid her head on Tom's shoulder and soon fell asleep.
- Sách vở tựa như bầy ong, đem tinh hoa từ trí tuệ này sang trí tuệ khác. Books are the bees that carry pollen from one mind to another.
- Thế gian tựa như một cuốn sách, những ai không đi đâu thì giống như chỉ đọc một trang. The world is like a book, and those who don't travel read only one page.
- Cái miệng ông ta rộng như cái lò, răng thì như nanh vàng, và đôi mắt tựa như san hô đỏ rực sáng. His mouth was as wide as an oven, his teeth like yellow fangs, and his eyes, two glowing red coals.
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, tựa could be written as 𢭸. Today Vietnamese is written only in the Latin alphabet.
Etymology
Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 序 (“preface”, SV: tự).
Frequently asked questions
What does tựa mean in English?
tựa (verb) means "to lean".
How do you pronounce tựa?
IPA: Hanoi [tɨə˧˨ʔ]; Saigon [tɨə˨˩˨]. Tones: tựa — heavy tone (nặng).