thơ
See also: Appendix:Variations of "tho"
Vietnamese
editPronunciation
edit- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [tʰəː˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [tʰəː˧˧]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [tʰəː˧˧]
Audio (Hà Nội): (file)
Etymology 1
editLikely 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
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Etymology 2
editNon-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 詩 (“poem”, SV: thi).
Noun
editthơ
(classifier bài) thơ
- a poem
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Etymology 3
editNoun
edit(classifier bức) thơ
- (obsolete) Southern Vietnam form of thư (“letter”)
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