chỉ
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
From Proto-Vietic *cis (“thread”), from Proto-Mon-Khmer *ks(i)ʔ or *ksih (“string; cord; rope; thread”). Compare North Central Vietnamese chỉn, Muong chỉl.
(classifier sợi) chỉ • (帋, 黹, 紙, 䊼, 𥿗)
Sino-Vietnamese word from 只.
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From Proto-Vietic *cih (“to point”); probably related to Sino-Vietnamese word from 指 (“finger”).
Word formation with distal denotation by adding hỏi tone to the root chị in Southern Vietnamese and some topolects of Thanh Hoá.
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Borrowed from a neighbouring or trading language, probably Malay ci (“mace”) or Teochew 錢 / 钱 (tsîⁿ, “mace”), ultimately from Chinese 錢 / 钱. Cognate with English chee (“Chinese unit of weight”). Doublet of tiền.
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Sino-Vietnamese word from 紙 (“paper”).
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Sino-Vietnamese word from 枳.
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