tợ

Vietnamese

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 似 (“to resemble”, SV: tự). Compare tựa.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [təː˧˨ʔ]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [təː˨˩ʔ]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [təː˨˩˨]

Verb

tợ

  1. (Central Vietnam, Southern Vietnam) to be like; to be similar to
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