tợ

Vietnamese

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 似 (“to resemble”; SV: tự). Compare tựa.

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [təː˧ˀ˨ʔ]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [təː˨ˀ˨ʔ]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [təː˨˩˨]

Verb

tợ

(Central Vietnam, Southern Vietnam) to be like; to be similar to

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