thí
Dakota
Verb
thí
- live, dwell, reside
Vietnamese
Etymology
Sino-Vietnamese word from 施.
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [tʰi˧˦]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [tʰɪj˨˩˦]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [tʰɪj˦˥]
Verb
thí
- (disapproving) to conceitedly give away (something)
- của thí
- crap that people conceitedly give away
- bố thí
- to conceitedly give away as if the recipient were a beggar
- (disapproving) to sacrifice (something or someone) when in a pinch
- cờ bí thí tốt
- when in a pinch in a game of xiangqi, sacrifice your soldiers; when in a pinch, sacrifice your underlings
- thí mạng
- to sacrifice or make scapegoats
See also
- thí mẹ
- thí bà nội
- thí mồ