thứ
weekday · order · kind · counting kinds
Typed without accents: thu
Meanings
Highlighted words are what Saigon and Hà Nội say differently.
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weekday
nounday (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.
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order
number-th
Before a number it makes 'second', 'third' and so on: thứ hai, second.
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kind
nounkind, 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
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counting kinds
classifierCounts kinds and sorts: mấy thứ tiếng, how many languages; đủ thứ trái cây, all kinds of fruit.
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This market sells all kinds of fruit.
A2Grammar: Which classifier: cái for things, con for animals, người for people, and the common others