tả

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese word from 瀉 (“to have diarrhoea”).

Noun

tả

1. (pathology, informal) Short for dịch tả (“cholera”).

Etymology 2

Sino-Vietnamese word from 左 (“left”).

Noun

tả

1. (only in compounds) left
2. (politics) left; left wing

Etymology 3

Sino-Vietnamese word from 寫 (“to write”).

Verb

tả

1. to describe; to depict; to picture

Etymology 4

Adjective

tả • (𪭥)

1. crumbling; pulverised; ragged

Derived terms

Derived terms

• tả tơi