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thầy giáo

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Hanoi [tʰəj˨˩ zaːw˧˦]Huế [tʰəj˦˩ jaːw˨˩˦]Saigon [tʰəj˨˩ jaːw˦˥] browser voice
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thầy giáo means a male teacher.

Meanings of thầy giáo in English

Noun

  1. a male teacher ≈ thầy

Example sentences with thầy giáo

  • Tom chẳng bao giờ nghe thầy giáo cả. Tom never listens to what the teacher says.
  • Thầy giáo tên gì? What’s the teacher’s name?
  • Tôi là thầy giáo. I'm a schoolmaster.
  • Tôi chẳng học được gì từ thầy giáo đó cả. I learned nothing from the teacher.
  • Thầy giáo bảo chúng tôi học thuộc lòng bài thơ. Our teacher had us learn the poem by heart.
  • Thầy giáo nói quá nhanh nên chúng tôi không hiểu. The teacher spoke too fast for us to understand.
  • Tôi đoán là thầy giáo của chúng ta đã hơn 50 rồi. I guess our teacher is over fifty years old.
  • Người thầy giáo có ảnh hưởng tốt đến học sinh của mình. The teacher creates a good influence on his students.

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, thầy giáo could be written as 偨教. Today Vietnamese is written only in the Latin alphabet.

Etymology

thầy (“teacher”) + Chinese 教 (“to teach”), calque of Chinese 教師 /教师 (giáo sư)

Frequently asked questions

What does thầy giáo mean in English?

thầy giáo (noun) means "a male teacher".

How do you pronounce thầy giáo?

IPA: Hanoi [tʰəj˨˩ zaːw˧˦]; Saigon [tʰəj˨˩ jaːw˦˥]. Tones: thầy — falling tone (huyền), giáo — rising tone (sắc).

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.