tuổi

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See also: tuoi and tươi

Vietnamese

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese (age, SV: tuế).

Pronunciation

Noun

tuổi (, 𢆫, 𣦮)

  1. (of lifeforms) age
    lớn/nhỏ tuổiold/young (literally, “big/small age”)
    tuổi già/trẻold/young age
    vòng tuổigrowth ring
    tuổi dậy thìpuberty
  2. a year of age
    Bạn bao nhiêu tuổi?
    How old are you?
    Tôi ... tuổi.
    I am ... years old.
    Con trai phải mười tám tuổi trở lên mới được lấy vợ.
    Only eighteen-year-old or older boys can marry.
  3. (chiefly communism) a year of tenure
    Ông 70 tuổi xuân, 50 tuổi Đảng.
    He's 70 years "young" and he worked as an active Party member for 50 years.
  4. (occult, divination) the Vietnamese zodiac equivalent of a zodiac sign, i.e. an earthly branch or a zodiac beast, based on birthyear
    Mày tuổi gì?
    Tuổi mèo/Mão.
    What's your zodiac beast?
    Cat.
    Nó tuổi hổ/Dần nên nóng tính lắm.
    His zodiac beast is the Tiger. No wonder he has such a temper.
    Tao tuổi trâu/Sửu, nó tuổi hổ/Dần, không hạp nhau đâu.
    My zodiac beast is the Buffalo, his is the Tiger, so we don't get along.

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