thứ hai
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From thứ (“-th”) + hai (“two”). "Second" could also be, less frequently, thứ nhì.
As a name of weekday, calque of Portuguese segunda-feira (“Monday”, literally “second week day”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [tʰɨ˧˦ haːj˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [tʰɨ˨˩˦ haːj˧˧]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [tʰɨ˦˥ haːj˧˧]
Audio (Hà Nội): (file)
Adjective
[edit]- second
- cuốn sách thứ hai có màu đỏ ― the second book is red
Noun
[edit]- Monday
- (Can we date this quote?), Phạm Tuyên, “Cả tuần đều ngoan [Nice the Whole Week]”, performed by Xuân Mai:
- Thứ hai là ngày đầu tuần, bé hứa cố gắng chăm ngoan.
- Monday's the first day of the week, and kiddo promises to be a nice kid.
See also
[edit]Categories:
- Vietnamese compound terms
- Vietnamese terms calqued from Portuguese
- Vietnamese terms derived from Portuguese
- Vietnamese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Vietnamese terms with audio pronunciation
- Vietnamese lemmas
- Vietnamese adjectives
- Vietnamese terms with usage examples
- Vietnamese nouns
- Vietnamese terms with quotations
- vi:Days of the week
- vi:Two