thẳng

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thẳngdippinghỏi

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thẳng means straight; direct; nonstop.

Meanings of thẳng in English

Adjective

straight
- vẽ đường thẳngto draw a straight line
- đoạn đường rất thẳnga very straight stretch of road
direct; nonstop
- chuyến bay thẳngnonstop flight
colloquial, slang heterosexual
- Thằng/Con này là trai/gái thẳng thật đấy!This guy/gal is straight for real!

Adverb

straight; upright
- đứng thẳngto stand up straight
- chạy thẳng qua ngã tưto drive straight through the intersection
directly, continuously, without stopping
- đi thẳng về nhàto go straight home
- ngủ thẳng đến sángto sleep all the way until morning
- bay thẳng từ Mỹ về Việt Namto fly nonstop from America to Vietnam
directly, without anything intervening
- nói thẳng với bạnto speak directly with a friend
- gặp thẳng giám đốc mà nóito speak directly with a supervisor
figurative straightforwardly; forthrightly; sincerely
straight away; soon after
- nói xong bỏ đi thẳngto hightail it after one is done speaking

Words with thẳng

căng thẳng đoạn thẳng đường thẳng ngay thẳng nói thẳng thẳng băng thẳng cánh thẳng cẳng thẳng đứng thẳng rẵng thẳng thắn thẳng thớm thẳng thừng thẳng tính thẳng góc

Idioms and sayings with thẳng

thẳng như ruột ngựa — straightforward; honest; blunt; without guile or hidden motives

Synonyms and antonyms of thẳng

Antonyms

cong

Example sentences with thẳng

Đi thẳng 200m, sau đó rẽ phải. Go straight 200m, then turn right.
Ở chỗ đèn giao thông, đi thẳng. At the traffic lights, go straight over.
Lidia có mái tóc thẳng màu vàng. Lidia has straight blonde hair.
Đi thẳng sau đèn giao thông. Go straight over at the traffic lights.
Con tàu đang thẳng tiến hướng tây bắc. The ship is heading towards the north-west.
Tom đã về thẳng nhà sau khi tan học. Tom came straight home after school.
Thẳng nhóc xấu hổ lắp bắp tên của nó. The shy boy murmured his name.
Sau khi tan học, Tom đã về thẳng nhà. Tom came straight home after school.

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, thẳng could be written as 𣦎, 𣦛, 𥊢, 𥊣. Today Vietnamese is written only in the Latin alphabet.

Etymology

Most likely a loanword.

Frequently asked questions

What does thẳng mean in English?

thẳng (adjective) means "straight; direct; nonstop".

How do you pronounce thẳng?

IPA: Hanoi [tʰaŋ˧˩]; Saigon [tʰaŋ˨˩˦]. Tones: thẳng — dipping tone (hỏi).

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.