tự
See also: Appendix:Variations of "tu"
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Sino-Vietnamese word from 字 (“letter, character, word”).
Noun
tự
- (chiefly academic) a Chinese character
- (history) a courtesy name
Synonyms
See also
- Hán tự
- tự điển (“dictionary”)
- từ
Etymology 2
Sino-Vietnamese word from 自 (“since, from”). Doublet of từ.
Preposition
tự
Synonyms
Etymology 3
Sino-Vietnamese word from 自 (“self”).
Adverb
tự
- (before verb) by oneself; on one's own
- Để tao tự làm.
- Let me do it myself.