tự
See also: Appendix:Variations of "tu"
Vietnamese edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Sino-Vietnamese word from 字 (“letter, character, word”).
Noun edit
tự
- (chiefly academic) a Chinese character
- (history) a courtesy name
Synonyms edit
See also edit
- Hán tự
- tự điển (“dictionary”)
- từ
Etymology 2 edit
Sino-Vietnamese word from 自 (“since, from”). Doublet of từ.
Preposition edit
tự
Synonyms edit
Etymology 3 edit
Sino-Vietnamese word from 自 (“self”).
Adverb edit
tự
- (before verb) by oneself; on one's own
- Để tao tự làm.
- Let me do it myself.