tả

Tho

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *l-taːʔ. Cognate with Vietnamese đá.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /taː³/

Noun

tả

  1. (Cuối Chăm) rock; stone

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese word from 瀉 (“to have diarrhoea”).

Noun

tả

  1. (pathology, informal) Short for dịch tả (“cholera”).

Etymology 2

Sino-Vietnamese word from 左 (“left”).

Noun

tả

  1. (only in compounds) left
  2. (politics) left; left wing

Etymology 3

Sino-Vietnamese word from 寫 (“to write”).

Verb

tả

  1. to describe; to depict; to picture

Adjective

tả • (𪭥)

  1. crumbling; pulverised; ragged
Derived terms
Derived terms
  • tả tơi
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