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trò

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trò means trick; artifice; antic.

Meanings of trò in English

Noun

  1. trick; artifice; antic
    • Làm trò gì vậy?What trickery are you doing?
  2. comedy; amusement
    • Tấn trò đờiLa Comédie humaine ("The Human Comedy") (a collection of novels and stories by Honoré de Balzac)
  3. play; game; facetiousness

Noun

  1. abbreviation short for học trò (“pupil”)

Pronoun

  1. dated you (used by a teacher when talking to a student in their class)

Words with trò

Example sentences with trò

  • Người ta nghĩ trò này vui à? Is this supposed to be fun?
  • Người ta nghĩ trò này vui á? Is this supposed to be fun?
  • Tao biết tỏng trò của mày rồi. I know what your game is.
  • Cô ấy đang nghiện chơi trò Farmville. She is addicted to Farmville.
  • Kể cả Tom còn hiểu trò đùa này. Even Tom understood the joke.
  • Chúng ta sẽ chơi trò gì kế tiếp? Which game shall we play next?
  • Cô ấy đang nghiện trò Farmville. She is addicted to Farmville.
  • Cờ vua không phải là trò dễ chơi. Chess is not an easy game.

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, trò could be written as 路, 徒, 𠻀. Today Vietnamese is written only in the Latin alphabet.

Etymology

Attested as tlò in the Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum (1651).

Frequently asked questions

What does trò mean in English?

trò (noun) means "trick; artifice; antic".

How do you pronounce trò?

IPA: Hanoi [t͡ɕɔ˨˩]; Saigon [ʈɔ˨˩]. Tones: trò — falling tone (huyền).

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.