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thây

Pronunciation Northern /tʰəj˧˧/ Central /tʰəj˧˥/ Southern /tʰəj˧˧/
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corpse
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Meaning
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Noun

Sense 1 Noun
corpse Classifiers & ParticlesTheme

The dead body of a person or an animal that has ceased to live and function.

vi Họ tìm thấy một cái thây trong rừng.

en They found a corpse in the forest.

Particle

Sense 2 Particle
short form of "see?"

A shortened form of an interrogative phrase used to ask for confirmation or check understanding.

Parts
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Chinese characters Source-aligned
Representative candidate
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Candidates by syllable
thây 尸
Bold marks the representative form aligned to a source as the spelling of the whole word. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. Source and confidence are shown in the heading above.
Similar
thầy / thẩy / thảy / thấy …
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Easily confused

Same spelling, different tone
Starts with this word

thây ma/thây kệ

Use
lười chảy thây / phanh thây / mặc thây / thối thây …
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Words containing this

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Common expressions

bỏ thây chảy thây kệ thây mặc thây chớ thây da ngựa bọc thây
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