tại sao

Vietnamese

Etymology

tại (“because of; for; to blame”) +‎ sao (“why; how”)

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [taːj˧˨ʔ saːw˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [taːj˨˩ʔ ʂaːw˧˧] ~ [taːj˨˩ʔ saːw˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [taːj˨˩˨ ʂaːw˧˧] ~ [taːj˨˩˨ saːw˧˧]
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Adverb

tại sao

  1. why
    Synonym: vì sao
    Tại sao mày làm vậy?
    Why did you do that?
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