thứ

See also: thu, thụ, and thư

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [tʰɨ˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [tʰɨ˨˩˦]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [tʰɨ˦˥]

Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese word from 次.

Note that in spite of superficial similarity, this word is unrelated to Khmer ទី (tii), Thai ที่ (tîi), Japanese 第 (dai), all from Chinese 第 (MC dejH) (SV: đệ).

Adjective

thứ

1. inferior in quality, second, second vice, under

Noun

thứ

1. order, rank, sort, type, kind, category
2. thing

Classifier

thứ

1. Indicates things of the same category, such as languages (tiếng)

Etymology 2

Sino-Vietnamese word from 恕.

Verb

thứ

1. (chiefly in compounds, literary) to pardon, to forgive