tả

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [taː˧˩]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [taː˧˨]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [taː˨˩˦]

Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese word from 瀉 (“to have diarrhoea”).

Noun

tả

(medicine, informal) Short for dịch tả (“cholera”).

Etymology 2

Sino-Vietnamese word from 左 (“left”).

Noun

tả

(only in compounds) left
(politics) left; left wing

Etymology 3

Sino-Vietnamese word from 寫 (“to write”).

Verb

tả

to describe; to depict; to picture

Etymology 4

Adjective

tả (𪭥)

crumbling; pulverised; ragged

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