tợ

Vietnamese

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 似 (“to resemble”, SV: tự). Compare tựa.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [təː˧˨ʔ]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [təː˨˩ʔ]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [təː˨˩˨]

Verb

tợ

1. (Central Vietnam, Southern Vietnam) to be like; to be similar to