thứ tư

Vietnamese

Etymology

From thứ (“-th”) +‎ tư (“four”). In the sense of “fourth”, sometimes bốn is used instead of tư. Even though the name suggests it is the fourth day of the week, Wednesday is actually considered the third one.

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [tʰɨ˧˦ tɨ˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [tʰɨ˨˩˦ tɨ˧˧]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [tʰɨ˦˥ tɨ˧˧]

Adjective

thứ tư

fourth

Noun

thứ tư

Wednesday

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