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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Likely from Middle Chinese (MC tsrhjo). Doublet of .

Its initial ‹th-› possibly results from the same phonological change which yields ‹s-› vs. ‹th-› doublets like SV readings sái and thái from Middle Chinese (MC tshajH) as well as sẹo and thẹo (scar), etc.

Adjective

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thơ (𦭟, 𡮲)

  1. young, tender
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Etymology 2

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Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese (poem, SV: thi).

Noun

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thơ

  1. poetry
    Synonym: thơ ca
    thơ ĐườngTang poetry

(classifier bài) thơ

  1. a poem
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Etymology 3

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Noun

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(classifier bức) thơ

  1. (obsolete) Southern Vietnam form of thư (letter)