tự

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tu"

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese word from (letter, character, word).

Noun

tự

  1. (chiefly academic) a Chinese character
  2. (history) a courtesy name
Synonyms

See also

Etymology 2

Sino-Vietnamese word from (since, from). Doublet of từ.

Preposition

tự

  1. (literary) since, from
    tự khi nàosince when
Synonyms

Etymology 3

Sino-Vietnamese word from (self).

Adverb

tự

  1. (before verb) by oneself; on one's own
    Để tao tự làm.
    Let me do it myself.
Derived terms