thụ

See also: thu, thư, and thứ

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese word from .

Noun

thụ

  1. (only in Sino-Vietnamese compounds) a tree
    cổ thụan old tree

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Etymology 2

Sino-Vietnamese word from .

Noun

thụ

  1. (neologism) a bottom; uke (in a male same-sex relationship)
    Antonym: công

Verb

thụ

  1. (only in compounds) to receive
    thụ hưởngto inherit
    hưởng thụto enjoy
  2. (zoology, botany, of a male organism or its reproductive parts, only in compounds) to give something to fertilize
    thụ tinhto fertilize with semen
    thụ phấnto fertilize with pollen

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