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tía

Pronunciation Northern /tiə˧˥/ Central /tḭə˩˧/ Southern /tiə˧˥/
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father
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father
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3 senses
Meaning
3 senses
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Noun

Sense 1 Noun
father Family, Relationships & Life EventsTheme

A casual or regional term used to refer to one's father or male parent.

vi Tía tôi đang làm việc ở ngoài đồng.

en My father is working in the field.

Pronoun

Sense 2 Pronoun
you for an older man Pronouns, Demonstratives, Classifiers & ParticlesTheme

You (used to refer to or address an older man).

vi Tía ơi, tía cho con hỏi đường ra bến xe với ạ.

en Sir, could you please tell me the way to the bus station?

Adjective

Sense 3 Adjective
purple Pronouns, Demonstratives, Classifiers & ParticlesTheme

Having a color that is a mixture of red and blue, like a dark grape.

vi Cô ấy đang mặc một chiếc áo màu tía.

en She is wearing a purple shirt.

Parts
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Chinese characters Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
紫
Candidates by syllable
tía 紫
Bold marks a representative candidate assembled from per-syllable character mappings. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. It is not necessarily a source-aligned spelling for the whole word.
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đỏ tía / tía lia / tia tía / tía tô …
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