trừ
Vietnamese edit
Etymology edit
Sino-Vietnamese word from 除 (“to eliminate; to remove; to divide”). In Vietnamese, this word means "to subtract", while chia means "to divide".
Pronunciation edit
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [t͡ɕɨ˨˩]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʈɨ˦˩]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ʈɨ˨˩]
Audio (Hồ Chí Minh City) (file)
Verb edit
trừ
- to exclude
- Chọn đứa nào cũng được, trừ thằng Tú (ra).
- Pick any of them you like, except for Tú.
- (mathematics) to subtract
- (agriculture) to exterminate (pests)
- thuốc trừ sâu ― pesticide
See also edit
Derived terms