chỉ
Vietnamese edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [t͡ɕi˧˩]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [t͡ɕɪj˧˨]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [cɪj˨˩˦]
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Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Vietic *cis (“thread”), from Proto-Mon-Khmer *ks(i)ʔ or *ksih (“string; cord; rope; thread”). Compare North Central Vietnamese chỉn, Muong chỉl.
Alternative forms edit
- (North Central Vietnam) chỉn
Noun edit
(classifier sợi) chỉ • (帋, 黹, 紙, 䊼, 𥿗)
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Sino-Vietnamese word from 只.
Adverb edit
chỉ
Etymology 3 edit
From Proto-Vietic *cih (“to point”); probably related to Sino-Vietnamese word from 指 (“finger”).
Verb edit
- to point
- 2005, Nguyễn Ngọc Tư, "Cánh đồng bất tận" chapter 2 (in Cánh đồng bất tận), Trẻ publishing house
- Chị hỏi "Tắm ở đâu, mấy cưng ?". Tôi chỉ xuống kinh.
- She asked, "Where can I bathe, sweethearts?" I pointed down the canal.
- Synonym: trỏ
- 2005, Nguyễn Ngọc Tư, "Cánh đồng bất tận" chapter 2 (in Cánh đồng bất tận), Trẻ publishing house
Derived terms edit
- ám chỉ (to imply; refer to)
- chỉ bảo (to advise)
- chỉ dẫn (to instruct)
- chỉ đạo (to guide)
- chỉ điểm (to point out)
- chỉ định (to assign)
- chỉ giáo (to counsel)
- chỉ giới (boundary)
- chỉ huy (to conduct)
- chỉ lệnh (a command)
- chỉ nam (a guide)
- chỉ số (index)
- chỉ tay năm ngón (to conceitedly point fingers)
- chỉ thị (to instruct)
- chỉ thiên (skyward)
- chỉ tiêu (quota)
- chỉ trích (to criticize)
- chỉ trỏ (to point at)
- chỉ vẽ (to explain)
- điểm chỉ (to make a fingerprint)
- kim chỉ nam (compass)
- ớt chỉ thiên (facing heaven pepper)
- phiếm chỉ (to refer generally)
Etymology 4 edit
Contraction of chị + the demonstrative ấy (“that”) in the southern dialects, with the latter manifested as the hỏi tone after monosyllabification.
Pronoun edit
chỉ
Etymology 5 edit
Borrowed from a neighbouring or trading language, probably Malay ci (“mace”) or Teochew 錢/钱 (tsîⁿ, “mace”), ultimately from Chinese 錢/钱. Cognate with English chee (“Chinese unit of weight”). Doublet of tiền.
Noun edit
chỉ
Etymology 6 edit
Romanization edit
chỉ
- Sino-Vietnamese reading of 止
Derived terms edit
Etymology 7 edit
Sino-Vietnamese word from 紙 (“paper”).
Noun edit
chỉ
- (colloquial) Clipping of tín chỉ (“college credit”).
Derived terms edit
Etymology 8 edit
Romanization edit
chỉ
- Sino-Vietnamese reading of 址
Derived terms edit
Etymology 9 edit
Romanization edit
chỉ
- Sino-Vietnamese reading of 旨
Derived terms edit
Etymology 10 edit
Romanization edit
chỉ
- Sino-Vietnamese reading of 趾
Derived terms edit
Etymology 11 edit
Sino-Vietnamese word from 枳.
Noun edit
chỉ
Derived terms edit
Etymology 12 edit
Romanization edit
chỉ
- Sino-Vietnamese reading of 芷
Derived terms edit
- bạch chỉ (Angelica dahurica)
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