trẻ
Hanoi [t͡ɕɛ˧˩]Huế [ʈɛ˧˨]Saigon [ʈɛ˨˩˦] browser voice
Each syllable carries one of six tones; the mark on the vowel tells you which. How the six tones sound →
trẻ means young.
Meanings of trẻ in English
Adjective
- of humans young ≈ non
Noun
- slightly formal a child
- Anh đã mơ về ngôi nhà và những đứa trẻ.I've dreamed of our house and our children.
Noun
- young children; infants
- trẻ tự kỉautistic children
- dành cho trẻ dưới 3 tuổifor children 3 years old and below
Words with trẻ
Synonyms and antonyms of trẻ
Antonyms
Example sentences with trẻ
- Nó còn quá trẻ để đi học. She is too young to go to school.
- Cô ta cũng trẻ như tôi vậy. She is as young as I am.
- Trẻ nhỏ có thể rất phá phách. Small children can be very destructive.
- Cậu ta rất nghèo lúc còn trẻ. He was terribly poor when he was young.
- Một người trẻ tuổi muốn gặp bạn. A young person wants to see you.
- Cô ấy khi đó còn trẻ. She was young.
- Em ấy khi đó còn trẻ. She was young.
- Lũ trẻ có một con chó. The children have a dog.
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, trẻ could be written as 礼, 𥘷, 里, 稚. Today Vietnamese is written only in the Latin alphabet.
Etymology
Attested in Phật thuyết đại báo phụ mẫu ân trọng kinh (佛說大報父母恩重經) as ⿺礼亇, composed of 亇 + 礼 (MC lejX) (modern SV: cá lễ), 礼 (MC lejX) (modern SV: lễ) and 里 (MC liX) (modern SV: lí). Attested as tlẻ in the Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum (1651).
Frequently asked questions
What does trẻ mean in English?
trẻ (adjective) means "young".
How do you pronounce trẻ?
IPA: Hanoi [t͡ɕɛ˧˩]; Saigon [ʈɛ˨˩˦]. Tones: trẻ — dipping tone (hỏi).