thành thử

See also: thành-thử

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 成 and 此.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [tʰajŋ̟˨˩ tʰɨ˧˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [tʰɛɲ˦˩ tʰɨ˧˨]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [tʰan˨˩ tʰɨ˨˩˦]

Conjunction

thành thử

  1. this is the reason that, this is why, and so
    • 1943, Trần Trọng Kim, “Lời phát đoan”, in Nho-giáo‎[1], volume I, Lê Thăng, page 20:
      […] thành-thử cái xấu, cái dở của mình, thì vị tất đã bỏ đi được, […]
      […] which is the reason why the ugly and the bad in us is not automatically done away with, […]
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