thì phải
Pronunciation
Northern
/tʰi̤˨˩ fa̰ːj˧˩˧/
Central
/tʰi˧˧ faːj˧˩˨/
Southern
/tʰi˨˩ faːj˨˩˦/
Listen
presumably or possibly
Adverb
presumably or possibly
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1 senses
2 Components
Meaning
1 senses
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Meaning
1 senses
Sense 1
Adverb
presumably or possibly
A phrase used to express a guess or an affirmation that is not completely certain yet.
vi Anh ấy đã đi vắng rồi thì phải.
en He has already gone, presumably.
Parts
thì / phải / A compound of thì + phải …
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Parts
thì / phải / A compound of thì + phải …
OriginA compound of thì + phải
Chinese characters
Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
時沛
Candidates by syllable
thì
時
phải
沛
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.
Similar
thì / thì lì / thì thào / thì ra …
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Similar
thì / thì lì / thì thào / thì ra …
Use
qua sông thì phải lụy đò / thế thì / vậy thì / thì giờ …
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Use
qua sông thì phải lụy đò / thế thì / vậy thì / thì giờ …