tụi

From a form of Chinese 對 (MC twojH) (SV: đối) in a southern Sinitic lect. Southern Min lects (對 / 对 (dui³) or 對 / 对) are phonetically close, but in these lects, the word for "pair" is usually 雙 (MC sraewng); in Yue, 對 / 对 is the chief word for "pair" but phonetically it is less straightforward as far as the prestigious Guangfu lects are concerned. In any case, doublet of đôi.

In Đại Nam quấc âm tự vị (1895), tụi was glossed as [Đ]ôi, cặp, bọn (“pair, couple, bunch”).

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

tụi • (對)

1. (South Central Vietnam, Southern Vietnam, informal) group (of people)

tụi (對)

1. (South Central Vietnam, Southern Vietnam) pluralizing particle for pronouns

   Synonyms: bọn, chúng