tách

See also: tach, tạch, and Tach

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [tajk̟̚˧˦]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [tat̚˦˧˥]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [tat̚˦˥]

Etymology 1

From French tasse.

Noun

tách

cup (with a handle)
tách trà ― cup of tea

mua bộ tách ấm ― to buy a set of cups and teapot

Synonyms

Etymology 2

From Proto-Vietic *sɛːk, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *saik ~ *siək (“to skin, peel”); cognate with Tho [Cuối Chăm] sɛːk⁷, Old Mon snāk (“two-edged sword”) (modern Mon သၞာ် (hnaik, “two-edged sword”)), Nyaheun saːk ("to tear"). Compare also tạch.

Verb

tách • (㳻, 索, 𤇩)

to separate, to split
tách quả bưởi ra từng múi ― to split apart the pommelo into its segments

tách riêng từng vấn đề để xem xét ― to review each issue separately
to snap, to pop
Quả đỗ phơi nổ tách một cái.
The bean popped as it was drying.

Derived terms

bóc tách
chia tách
phân tách
tách biệt

References

"tách" in Hồ Ngọc Đức, Free Vietnamese Dictionary Project (details)

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