tựa

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [tɨə˧˨ʔ]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [tɨə˨˩ʔ]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [tɨə˨˩˨]

Etymology 1

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 序 (“preface”, SV: tự).

Noun

(classifier cái) tựa

1. Clipping of tựa đề (“title”).

See also

• lời tựa (“preface”)

Etymology 2

Compare dựa (“to lean; to rely”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

tựa • (𢭸)

1. to lean

Noun

tựa

1. the part of a chair that supports the back of a seated person

Etymology 3

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

Particle

tựa

1. (literary) like; as if

   tựa như ― like