thứ

weekday · order · kind · counting kinds

A1 · estimate

Typed without accents: thu

Meanings

Highlighted words are what Saigon and Hà Nội say differently.

  1. weekday

    noun

    day (of the week)

    With a number it names a day: thứ hai, Monday, on to thứ bảy, Saturday; Wednesday is thứ tư. Sunday is chủ nhật.

    A1Grammar: Weekdays: thứ hai … chủ nhật

  2. order

    number

    -th

    Before a number it makes 'second', 'third' and so on: thứ hai, second.

    A1

  3. kind

    noun

    kind, sort, thing

    Đủ thứ means all sorts of things.

    A2Grammar: Which classifier: cái for things, con for animals, người for people, and the common others

  4. counting kinds

    classifier

    Counts kinds and sorts: mấy thứ tiếng, how many languages; đủ thứ trái cây, all kinds of fruit.

    A2Grammar: Which classifier: cái for things, con for animals, người for people, and the common others

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