"thê" meaning in Vietnamese

See thê in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: [tʰe˧˧] [Hà-Nội], [tʰej˧˧] [Huế], [tʰej˧˧] (note: Saigon)
Etymology: Sino-Vietnamese word from 淒. Etymology templates: {{etymid|vi|淒}}, {{categorize|vi|Sino-Vietnamese words}}, {{vi-etym-sino|淒|}} Sino-Vietnamese word from 淒 Head templates: {{head|vi|adjective|||||||head=|tr=}} thê, {{vi-adj}} thê
  1. (only in compounds) pitiful, sad Tags: in-compounds Derived forms: thê lương (alt: 淒涼) (english: isolated, lonesome), thê thảm (alt: 淒慘) (english: utterly tragic)
    Sense id: en-thê-vi-adj-x3a3IzLb Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Sino-Vietnamese words, Vietnamese terms with redundant script codes Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 33 0 67 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 52 0 48 Disambiguation of Sino-Vietnamese words: 70 30 Disambiguation of Vietnamese terms with redundant script codes: 67 33
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: [tʰe˧˧] [Hà-Nội], [tʰej˧˧] [Huế], [tʰej˧˧] (note: Saigon)
Etymology: Sino-Vietnamese word from 妻. Etymology templates: {{etymid|vi|妻}}, {{categorize|vi|Sino-Vietnamese words}}, {{vi-etym-sino|妻|}} Sino-Vietnamese word from 妻 Head templates: {{head|vi|noun|||head=|tr=}} thê, {{vi-noun}} thê
  1. (only in compounds) wife Tags: in-compounds Derived forms: đa thê, hôn thê (alt: 婚妻) (english: fiancée), năm thê bảy thiếp, phu thê (alt: 夫妻) (english: married couple), thê thiếp, thê tử (alt: 妻子) (english: wife), vị hôn thê (alt: 未婚妻) (english: fiancée)
    Sense id: en-thê-vi-noun-nVKjyOTW Categories (other): Vietnamese terms with redundant script codes Disambiguation of Vietnamese terms with redundant script codes: 67 33
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Romanization

IPA: [tʰe˧˧] [Hà-Nội], [tʰej˧˧] [Huế], [tʰej˧˧] (note: Saigon)
Head templates: {{head|vi|romanization}} thê
  1. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 棲 Tags: romanization Derived forms: lưỡng thê
    Sense id: en-thê-vi-romanization-dl6c5yVV Categories (other): Sino-Vietnamese readings, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Vietnamese entries with incorrect language header, Vietnamese romanizations Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 33 0 67 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 52 0 48 Disambiguation of Vietnamese entries with incorrect language header: 29 2 68 Disambiguation of Vietnamese romanizations: 34 2 64
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3
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