chớ

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Particle

chớ

  1. Southern Vietnam form of chứ
  2. (usually literary) do not
    Synonym: đừng
    Chớ có chỉ tay năm ngón vô mặt thiên hạ.
    Don't conceitedly point your finger at people.

Etymology 2

Likely from Sino-Tibetan. Compare Chinese 四 (MC siɪH).

Numeral

chớ

  1. (probably obsolete, chiefly pig traders' cant) four

See also

(numerals in pig traders' cant) số đếm trong tiếng lóng lái lợn; chách (“one”), lái/nái (“two”), thâm (“three”), chớ (“four”), kẹo (“five”), mục (“six”), khắp/hấp (“seven”), bét (“eight”), khươm/khơm (“nine”), nạp/lạp (“ten”), (Category: vi:Numerals in pig traders' cant)

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