trông thấy

Vietnamese

Etymology

trông +‎ thấy.

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕəwŋ͡m˧˧ tʰəj˧˦]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ʈəwŋ͡m˧˧ tʰəj˨˩˦]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʈəwŋ͡m˧˧ tʰəj˦˥]

Verb

trông thấy

(transitive) to see; to observe; to notice; to perceive
- 1820, Nguyễn Du (阮攸), Đoạn trường tân thanh (Truyện Kiều)‎, published 1866, lines 3–4:
  𣦆(Trải)戈(qua)没(một)局(cuộc)𣷭(bể)橷(dâu)
  仍(Những)調(điều)𬖉(trông)𧡊(thấy)㐌(đã)𤴬(đau)疸(đớn)𢚸(lòng)
  A turbulent mulberry-field-covered-by-sea period had passed.
  The things that we saw still deeply pain our hearts.

Adverb

trông thấy

visibly
già đi trông thấy ― to get visibly older

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