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thứ

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thứ means thing; kind; order (ordinal).

Chinese characters: 次

Meanings of thứ in English

Noun

  1. order, rank, sort, type, kind, category
  2. thing
  3. weekday
    • Hôm nay là thứ mấy?What (week)day is today?

Classifier

  1. Indicates things of the same category, such as languages (tiếng)

Adjective

  1. formal second
    • con trai thứthe second son

Prefix

  1. ordinal number marker
    • thứ támeighth

Verb

  1. in compounds, literary to pardon, to forgive

Words with thứ

Example sentences with thứ

  • Anh ấy tò mò về mọi thứ. He's curious about everything.
  • Tôi sẽ ăn bất cứ thứ gì. I'll eat anything.
  • Họ có thể bán thứ bạn cần. They might sell what you need.
  • Thực tại là một thứ đẹp đẽ. Reality is beautiful.
  • Hầu như chẳng còn thứ gì cả. There's hardly anything left.
  • Cuối cùng cũng tới thứ 6 rồi. It's finally Friday.
  • Tom có giải pháp cho mọi thứ. Tom has a solution for everything.
  • Anh ấy làm mọi thứ rất nhanh. He does everything very quickly.

Bilingual example sentences from Tatoeba (tatoeba.org, CC BY 2.0 FR).

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 次.

Frequently asked questions

What does thứ mean in English?

thứ (noun) means "thing; kind; order (ordinal)".

How do you pronounce thứ?

IPA: Hanoi [tʰɨ˧˦]; Saigon [tʰɨ˦˥]. Tones: thứ — rising tone (sắc).

Is thứ a Sino-Vietnamese word?

Yes. thứ is a Sino-Vietnamese word from the Chinese characters 次.

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.