thơ

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tho"

Vietnamese

Pronunciation
  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [tʰəː˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [tʰəː˧˧]
  • (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [tʰəː˧˧]
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Etymology 1

Likely from Middle Chinese 初 (MC tsrhjo). Doublet of sơ.

Its initial ‹th-› possibly results from the same phonological change which yields ‹s-› vs. ‹th-› doublets like SV readings sái and thái from Middle Chinese 蔡 (MC tshajH) as well as sẹo and thẹo (“scar”), etc.

Adjective

thơ • (𦭟, 𡮲)

  1. young, tender
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Etymology 2

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 詩 (“poem”, SV: thi).

Noun

thơ

  1. poetry
    Synonym: thơ ca
    thơ Đường ― Tang poetry

(classifier bài) thơ

  1. a poem
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Noun

(classifier bức) thơ

  1. (obsolete) Southern Vietnam form of thư (“letter”)
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