trông thấy

Vietnamese

Etymology

trông +‎ thấy.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕəwŋ͡m˧˧ tʰəj˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʈəwŋ͡m˧˧ tʰəj˨˩˦]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʈəwŋ͡m˧˧ tʰəj˦˥]

Verb

trông thấy

1. (transitive) to see; to observe; to notice; to perceive
   • 1820, Nguyễn Du (阮攸), Đoạn trường tân thanh (Truyện Kiều)‎^[1], published 1866, lines 3–4:

     𣦆(Trải)戈(qua)没(một)局(cuộc)𣷭(bể)橷(dâu)
     仍(Những)調(điều)𬖉(trông)𧡊(thấy)㐌(đã)𤴬(đau)疸(đớn)𢚸(lòng)

     A turbulent mulberry-field-covered-by-sea period had passed.
     The things that we saw still deeply pain our hearts.

Adverb

trông thấy

1. visibly

   già đi trông thấy ― to get visibly older