tự
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [tɨ˧˨ʔ]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [tɨ˨˩ʔ]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [tɨ˨˩˨]
Etymology 1
Sino-Vietnamese word from 字 (“letter, character, word”).
Noun
tự
- (chiefly academic) a Chinese character
- (historical) a courtesy name
Synonyms
- chữ
See also
- Hán tự
- tự điển (“dictionary”)
- từ
Etymology 2
Sino-Vietnamese word from 自 (“since, from”). Doublet of từ.
Preposition
tự
- (literary) since, from
- tự khi nào
- since when
Synonyms
- từ
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.