thâu
Chru edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Chamic *thɔw, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taqu, from Proto-Austronesian *Caqu.
Verb edit
thâu
- to know
Vietnamese edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
thâu
- Eye dialect spelling of thu, representing Southern Vietnam Vietnamese.
- ngàn/nghìn thâu/thu
- a thousand autumns; eternity
Verb edit
thâu
- Eye dialect spelling of thu, representing Southern Vietnam Vietnamese.
- thâu/thu tiền
- to collect fees/payment
Etymology 2 edit
Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 透 (“through”, SV: thấu).
Preposition edit
thâu
- (only in fixed expressions) throughout
- nhậu nhẹt thâu đêm
- to party all night long
- thâu đêm thấu ngày
- all day all night
Derived terms edit
Derived terms