thầy

See also: thay, thây, thấy, and thẩy

Vietnamese

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 師 (SV: sư). Doublet of sư.

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [tʰəj˨˩]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [tʰəj˦˩]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [tʰəj˨˩]

Noun

thầy (柴, 偨)

male teacher
(literary) teacher
(dialectal, Northern Vietnam) father; dad
thầy mẹ/u
parents

Derived terms

Derived terms

thầy bà
thầy bói
thầy cô
thầy giáo
thầy lang
thầy mo

Synonyms

tía (“father”)

See also

mẹ; u (“mother”)
cô (“female teacher”)

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