trẻ

See also: tre, Tre, tre-, tré, trè, trę, trẹ, tré-, tře, trê, trễ, and trể

Vietnamese

Etymology

From Middle Vietnamese tlẻ.

Attested in Phật thuyết đại báo phụ mẫu ân trọng kinh (佛說大報父母恩重經) as ⿺礼亇, composed of + (MC lejX) (modern SV: lễ), (MC lejX) (modern SV: lễ) and (MC liX) (modern SV: ).

Sometimes connected to Chinese (MC drijH) (SV: trĩ) but this can now be rejected based on the *kl- cluster in Old Vietnamese.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [t͡ɕɛ˧˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʈɛ˧˨]
  • (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ʈɛ˨˩˦]
  • (file)

Adjective

trẻ • (, 󰻛, 󱎣, 𥘷, , , , , 𪨅, 𱚫)

  1. (of humans) young

Synonyms

  • (young): ít tuổi, trẻ tuổi, nhỏ tuổi
  • (young): non (of non-human living beings)

Antonyms

Derived terms

Noun

(classifier đứa) trẻ • (, 󰻛, 󱎣, 𥘷, , , , , 𪨅, 𱚫)

  1. (slightly formal) a child
    Anh đã mơ về ngôi nhà và những đứa trẻ.
    I've dreamed of our house and our children.

Noun

trẻ • (, 󰻛, 󱎣, 𥘷, , , , , 𪨅, 𱚫)

  1. young children; infants
    trẻ tự kỉautistic children
    dành cho trẻ dưới 3 tuổifor children 3 years old and below

References

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