thụ

See also: thu, thư, and thứ

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese word from 樹.

Noun

thụ

(only in Sino-Vietnamese compounds) a tree
cổ thụ
an old tree

See also

cây (“plant”)

Etymology 2

Sino-Vietnamese word from 受 (“to receive”).

Verb

thụ

(only in compounds) to receive
thụ hưởng
to inherit

hưởng thụ
to enjoy
(zoology, botany, of a male organism or its reproductive parts, only in compounds) to give something to fertilize
thụ tinh
to fertilize with semen

thụ phấn
to fertilize with pollen

See also

nhận

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