tới
See also: Appendix:Variations of "toi"
Vietnamese
editEtymology
editNon-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 逮 (“to reach”, SV: đãi).
Most prepositions in Vietnamese were originally verbs: cho (“to give; for”), đến (“to come; to”), ở (“to stay; at, in”), lên (“to go up; onto”), vào (“to enter; in, into”), theo (“to follow; according to”), về (“to return; about”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [təːj˧˦]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [təːj˨˩˦]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [təːj˦˥]
Audio (Hà Nội): (file)
Preposition
edit- to (indicating destination)
- Ô-tô chạy tới bến mới đổ khách.
- The car went to the station before dropping off its passengers.
- until (up to the time of); until (up to the time that); up to, as far as, as much as
- Tôi cũng học cho tới nghỉ hè như các bạn.
- I also study until summer break like all of you.
- Đi tới ngã tư kia thì lại hỏi thăm đường.
- Go over to that four-way intersection and ask for directions.
- Đọc báo tới khuya mà vẫn chưa buồn ngủ.
- [Someone] read the newspaper until late in the evening but still didn’t feel sleepy.
- Đạp tới ba mươi cây số vẫn chưa phải nghỉ.
- [Someone] biked 30 kilometers without having to rest.
Synonyms
editVerb
edit- (intransitive or transitive) to arrive (at)
- Tàu tới ga lúc tám giờ.
- The train arrives at the station at 8 o'clock.
Synonyms
editAdjective
edit- next
- Synonym: sau
- tuần tới
- next week
- Tôi sẽ xuống tàu ở ga tới.
- I’m going to get off the train at the next stop.
- (optics) incident; of incidence
- tia tới
- an incident ray
- góc tới
- an angle of incidence
References
edit- "tới" in Hồ Ngọc Đức, Free Vietnamese Dictionary Project (details)