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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Sino-Vietnamese word from 除 (“to eliminate; to remove; to divide”). In Vietnamese, this word means "to subtract", while chia means "to divide".
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [t͡ɕɨ˨˩]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʈɨ˦˩]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʈɨ˨˩]
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Verb
[edit]trừ
- to exclude
- Chọn đứa nào cũng được, trừ thằng Tú (ra).
- Pick any of them you like, except for Tú.
- (mathematics) to subtract
- (agriculture) to exterminate (pests)
- thuốc trừ sâu ― pesticide
See also
[edit]Derived terms