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vậy mà

Listen
but
Conjunction
but
1 senses 2 Components
Meaning
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Sense 1 Conjunction
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Used to connect a statement that contrasts with what was just said or expected.

vi Tôi đã nhắc nhiều lần, vậy mà anh ấy vẫn quên.

en I reminded him many times, yet he still forgot.

Parts
vậy / mà / A compound of vậy + mà …
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Components

Components

vậy mà

OriginA compound of vậy + mà

chữ Nôm Source-aligned
Representative candidate
丕𦓡
Candidates by syllable
vậy 丕 mà 𣻕（𦓡）
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
nhưng / tuy nhiên / thế mà / có điều …
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Easily confused

Same meaning
Starts with this word

vậy/vậy thì/vậy hả

Meaning links

This shows labels for the same DB-aligned meaning target. It is not limited to WordNet; only display-gated links are shown (beta, reference).

only vi: vậy mà / ja: 接続詞 / WordNet aligned
Use
vì vậy / như vậy / bởi vậy / dầu vậy …
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vậy (so) — words using
mà (but) — words using
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