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thì phải

Pronunciation Northern /tʰi̤˨˩ fa̰ːj˧˩˧/ Central /tʰi˧˧ faːj˧˩˨/ Southern /tʰi˨˩ faːj˨˩˦/
Listen
presumably or possibly
Adverb
presumably or possibly
1 senses 2 Components
Meaning
1 senses
Sense 1 Adverb
presumably or possibly Discourse & LogicTheme

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 …

OriginA compound of thì + phải

Chinese characters Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
時沛
Candidates by syllable
thì phải
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 …
Use
qua sông thì phải lụy đò / thế thì / vậy thì / thì giờ …
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