Vietnamese

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Etymology

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Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 似乎 (SV: tự hồ)

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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tựa hồ

  1. seemingly, as if
    • 2005, chapter 1, in Cao Tự Thanh, transl., Anh hùng xạ điêu, Văn học, translation of 射雕英雄传 by Jīn Yōng (Kim Dung):
      [] chuyện đánh nhau trong rừng đêm trước tựa hồ chưa từng xảy ra.
      [] it was as if the fight yesterday night in the woods had never happened.