tách

See also: tach, tạch, and Tach

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [tajk̟̚˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [tat̚˦˧˥]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [tat̚˦˥]

Etymology 1

From French tasse.

Noun

tách

1. cup (with a handle)

   tách trà ― cup of tea

   mua bộ tách ấm ― to buy a set of cups and teapot

Synonyms

• chén
• cốc
• ly, li

Etymology 2

From Proto-Vietic *sɛːk, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *saik ~ *siək (“to skin, peel”); cognate with Tho [Cuối Chăm] sɛːk⁷, Old Mon snāk (“two-edged sword”) (modern Mon သၞာ် (hnaik, “two-edged sword”)), Nyaheun saːk ("to tear"). Compare also tạch.

Verb

tách • (㳻, 索, 𤇩)

1. to separate, to split

   tách quả bưởi ra từng múi ― to split apart the pommelo into its segments

   tách riêng từng vấn đề để xem xét ― to review each issue separately

2. to snap, to pop

   Quả đỗ phơi nổ tách một cái.

   The bean popped as it was drying.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• bóc tách
• chia tách
• phân tách
• tách biệt

 

References

"tách" in Hồ Ngọc Đức, Free Vietnamese Dictionary Project (details)