thâu

prepositionparticleinterjection

Hanoi [tʰəw˧˧]Huế [tʰəw˧˧]Saigon [tʰəw˧˧] browser voice

Syllables · tones

thâulevelngang

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thâu means throughout.

Meanings of thâu in English

Preposition

only in fixed expressions throughout
- nhậu nhẹt thâu đêmto party all night long
- thâu đêm thấu ngàyall day all night

Particle

Bình Định and Phú Yên form of thôi

Interjection

Bình Định and Phú Yên form of thôi

Noun

Southern Vietnam, literary Southern Vietnam form of thu (“autumn”)
- ngàn thâua thousand autumns; eternity

Verb

Southern Vietnam Southern Vietnam form of thu (“to get, to retrieve”)
- thâu tiềnto collect fees/payment
abbreviation short for thâu âm (“to record”) ≈ thu

Words with thâu

thâu đêm suốt sáng thâu tóm

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 透 (“through”, SV: thấu).

Frequently asked questions

What does thâu mean in English?

thâu (preposition) means "throughout".

How do you pronounce thâu?

IPA: Hanoi [tʰəw˧˧]; Saigon [tʰəw˧˧]. Tones: thâu — level tone (ngang).

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