thủ

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

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Sino-Vietnamese word from 守.

thủ

1. (rather informal) to guard; to keep
2. (informal) to keep (something not yours as your own)

   Tao cho nó mượn rồi nó thủ luôn.

   I lent it to him and now he just keeps it.

• phòng thủ (“to defend”)

Sino-Vietnamese word from 手.

thủ

1. (chiefly sports or video games) -er

   Synonym: tay

   cơ thủ ― billiard/snooker player

   kì thủ ― board game player

   game thủ ― a gamer

Sino-Vietnamese word from 首. Doublet of sỏ, which is an earlier borrowing.

thủ

1. (Northern Vietnam, of pigs, as food) a head

   thủ lợn ― pig head