đầu

head · start

A2 · estimate

Typed without accents: dau

Meanings

Highlighted words are what Saigon and Hà Nội say differently.

  1. head

    noun

    A2

  2. start

    noun

    the beginning of, the start of, early in

    It goes straight before the time or place, with no word for 'of': đầu tháng, the beginning of the month. The opposite is cuối.

    A2Grammar: Beginning and end of: đầu / cuối + noun

Opposite

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