"du" meaning in Vietnamese

See du in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Romanization

IPA: [zu˧˧] [Hà-Nội], [jʊw˧˧] [Huế], [jʊw˧˧] (note: Saigon)
Etymology: Both characters below depict a single etymology. 遊 (MC yuw) also has a less common reading do, now seen only in do thám. Etymology templates: {{ltc-l|遊}} 遊 (MC yuw) Head templates: {{head|vi|romanization}} du
  1. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 遊 Tags: romanization
    Sense id: en-du-vi-romanization-EZ4dz2qw Categories (other): Sino-Vietnamese readings, Vietnamese entries with incorrect language header, Vietnamese romanizations Disambiguation of Vietnamese entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Vietnamese romanizations: 50 50
  2. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 游 Tags: romanization
    Sense id: en-du-vi-romanization-okGmnI8X Categories (other): Sino-Vietnamese readings, Vietnamese entries with incorrect language header, Vietnamese romanizations Disambiguation of Vietnamese entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Vietnamese romanizations: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: chu du, du canh, du côn, du cư, du di, du đãng, du hành, du hí, du học, du khách, du khảo, du kích, du lịch, du mục, hạ du, mộng du, ngao du, thượng du, trung du, viễn du
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "du côn"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "du cư"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "du di"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "du đãng"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "du hành"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "du hí"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "du học"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "du khách"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "du khảo"
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    {
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      "word": "du kích"
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    {
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      "word": "du lịch"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "du mục"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "hạ du"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "mộng du"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "ngao du"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "thượng du"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "trung du"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "viễn du"
    }
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      "ipa": "[zu˧˧]",
      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "[jʊw˧˧]",
      "tags": [
        "Huế"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[jʊw˧˧]",
      "note": "Saigon"
    }
  ],
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    "Pages with entries",
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    {
      "word": "chu du"
    },
    {
      "word": "du canh"
    },
    {
      "word": "du côn"
    },
    {
      "word": "du cư"
    },
    {
      "word": "du di"
    },
    {
      "word": "du đãng"
    },
    {
      "word": "du hành"
    },
    {
      "word": "du hí"
    },
    {
      "word": "du học"
    },
    {
      "word": "du khách"
    },
    {
      "word": "du khảo"
    },
    {
      "word": "du kích"
    },
    {
      "word": "du lịch"
    },
    {
      "word": "du mục"
    },
    {
      "word": "hạ du"
    },
    {
      "word": "mộng du"
    },
    {
      "word": "ngao du"
    },
    {
      "word": "thượng du"
    },
    {
      "word": "trung du"
    },
    {
      "word": "viễn du"
    }
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      "tags": [
        "Hà-Nội"
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    },
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      "ipa": "[jʊw˧˧]",
      "tags": [
        "Huế"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[jʊw˧˧]",
      "note": "Saigon"
    }
  ],
  "word": "du"
}

Download raw JSONL data for du meaning in Vietnamese (1.6kB)

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  ],
  "section": "Vietnamese",
  "subsection": "romanization",
  "title": "du",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1089",
  "msg": "suspicious unhandled suffix in Vietnamese: 'hạ du', originally 'hạ du'",
  "path": [
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  ],
  "section": "Vietnamese",
  "subsection": "romanization",
  "title": "du",
  "trace": ""
}

{
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  ],
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  "subsection": "romanization",
  "title": "du",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "msg": "suspicious unhandled suffix in Vietnamese: 'ngao du', originally 'ngao du'",
  "path": [
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  ],
  "section": "Vietnamese",
  "subsection": "romanization",
  "title": "du",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1089",
  "msg": "suspicious unhandled suffix in Vietnamese: 'thượng du', originally 'thượng du'",
  "path": [
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  ],
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  "title": "du",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1089",
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  "path": [
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  ],
  "section": "Vietnamese",
  "subsection": "romanization",
  "title": "du",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1089",
  "msg": "suspicious unhandled suffix in Vietnamese: 'viễn du', originally 'viễn du'",
  "path": [
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  ],
  "section": "Vietnamese",
  "subsection": "romanization",
  "title": "du",
  "trace": ""
}

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