thây
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Vietnamese
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 屍 (“corpse”, SV: thi).
Noun
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Transphonologization of không/hông into a ngang tone.
Particle
[edit]thây
- (colloquial) contraction of thấy không/hông (evidential)
- Ủa tiệm đó vẫn mở đó thây?
- What do you mean? Look, that store is still up and running.