tử

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tu"

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese word from (child).

Affix

tử • ()

  1. a child, especially a boy or son
    Coordinate term: nữ
    tử tôndescendants
    công tửa duke's son
  2. a learned person
    Khổng Tử
    Master Kong
    Phật tửBuddhist
    sĩ tửa learned person
  3. (physics, not productive) a particle
    điện tửan electron
    quang tửa photon
    nguyên tửan atom
    phân tửa molecule

Noun

tử

  1. Clipping of tử số (numerator).
    Coordinate term: mẫu

Derived terms

See also

Etymology 2

Sino-Vietnamese word from (death).

Verb

tử ()

  1. (in compounds or in certain expressions) to die
    tử trậnto die in battle
    tử vì đạoto be martyred
    cửa tửdeath
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Sino-Vietnamese word from . Doublet of tía.

Adjective

tử

  1. purple, violet
Derived terms
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