tựa

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 序 (“order; preface”; SV: tự).

Noun

tựa

preface; foreword

Etymology 2

Compare dựa.

Verb

tựa (𢭸)

to lean (on); to rely (on); to recline (on)

Noun

tựa

part of the chair that supports the back of a seated person

Etymology 3

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

Adjective

tựa (fully reduplicated form từa tựa)

alike; similar; resembling

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