TuDien.NgonNguViet.comVietnamese ⇄ English dictionary

tuổi

Level ≈A1 (approx.) noun Top 1,000 most common
Hanoi [tuəj˧˩]Huế [tuj˧˨]Saigon [tuj˨˩˦] browser voice
Syllables · tones

Each syllable carries one of six tones; the mark on the vowel tells you which. How the six tones sound →

tuổi means age; years old.

Meanings of tuổi in English

Noun

  1. of lifeforms age
    • lớn/nhỏ tuổiold/young
    • tuổi già/trẻold/young age
    • vòng tuổigrowth ring
  2. a year of age
    • Bạn bao nhiêu tuổi?How old are you?
    • Tôi ... tuổi.I am ... years old.
    • Con gái phải mười tám tuổi trở lên mới được lấy vợ.Only eighteen-year-old or older girls can marry.
  3. a year of tenure
    • Ông 70 tuổi xuân, 50 tuổi Đảng.He's 70 years "young" and he worked as an active Party member for 50 years.
  4. divination the Vietnamese zodiac equivalent of a zodiac sign, i.e. an earthly branch or a zodiac beast, based on birthyear
    • Nó tuổi hổ/Dần nên nóng tính lắm.His zodiac beast is the Tiger. No wonder he has such a temper.
    • Tao tuổi trâu/Sửu, nó tuổi hổ/Dần, không hạp nhau đâu.My zodiac beast is the Buffalo, his is the Tiger, so we don't get along.

Words with tuổi

Example sentences with tuổi

  • Tom đã mất vào năm 97 tuổi. Tom died when he was 97.
  • Nó chỉ là đứa trẻ bảy tuổi. She is just a seven year old girl.
  • Ông ấy chắc phải hơn 50 tuổi. He must be over fifty.
  • Tôi năm nay hai mươi sáu tuổi. I am twenty-six years old.
  • Ông tôi năm nay tám mươi tuổi. My grandfather is eighty years old.
  • Bức họa này bao nhiêu tuổi rồi? How old is that painting?
  • Con chó của bạn bao nhiêu tuổi? How old is your dog?
  • Chó nhà bạn bao nhiêu tuổi thế? How old is your 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, tuổi could be written as 歲, 𢆫, 𣦮. Today Vietnamese is written only in the Latin alphabet.

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 歲 (“age”, SV: tuế).

Frequently asked questions

What does tuổi mean in English?

tuổi (noun) means "age; years old".

How do you pronounce tuổi?

IPA: Hanoi [tuəj˧˩]; Saigon [tuj˨˩˦]. Tones: tuổi — 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.