thọ
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Vietnamese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Sino-Vietnamese word from 壽 (“longevity”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [tʰɔ˧˨ʔ]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [tʰɔ˨˩ʔ]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [tʰɔ˨˩˨]
- Homophone: Thọ
Noun[edit]
thọ
- Short for tuổi thọ (“life expectancy”).
- giảm thọ
- to take years out of one's life
- tổn thọ
- mentally taxing, that can damage one's well-being
- (only in fixed expressions) old age of 60 or above
- chúc/mừng thọ
- to wish someone of age 60 or above good health
Adverb[edit]
thọ
Verb[edit]
thọ
- (of an old person of age 60 or above) Clipping of hưởng thọ (“to die at age...”).
- thọ 70 tuổi
- to die at age 70