thơ

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [tʰəː˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [tʰəː˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [tʰəː˧˧]

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Likely from Middle Chinese 初 (MC tsrhjo). Doublet of sơ.

Its initial ‹th-› possibly results from the same phonological change which yields ‹s-› vs. ‹th-› doublets like SV readings sái and thái from Middle Chinese 蔡 (MC tshajH) as well as sẹo and thẹo (“scar”), etc.

thơ • (𦭟, 𡮲)

1. young, tender

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 詩 (“poem”, SV: thi).

thơ

1. poetry

   Synonym: thơ ca

   thơ Đường ― Tang poetry

(classifier bài) thơ

1. a poem

(classifier bức) thơ

1. (obsolete) Southern Vietnam form of thư (“letter”)