tử

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Vietnamese

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Sino-Vietnamese word from (child).

Affix

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tử

  1. a child, especially a boy or son
    Coordinate term: nữ
    tử tôndescendants
    công tửa duke's son
  2. a learned person
    Khổng Tử
    Master Kong
    Phật tửBuddhist
    sĩ tửa learned person
  3. (physics, not productive) a particle
    điện tửan electron
    quang tửa photon
    nguyên tửan atom
    phân tửa molecule

Noun

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tử

  1. Clipping of tử số (numerator).
    Coordinate term: mẫu

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Etymology 2

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Sino-Vietnamese word from (death).

Verb

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tử

  1. (in compounds or in certain expressions) to die
    tử trậnto die in battle
    tử vì đạoto be martyred
    cửa tửdeath
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Etymology 3

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Sino-Vietnamese word from . Doublet of tía.

Adjective

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tử

  1. purple, violet
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