tá
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Definition
Noun:
- Dozen: A unit of quantity equal to twelve items. This is the most common and practical meaning.
- Field-grade officer / Major: A military rank for senior officers above captain and below general. This is a specialized, abbreviated term.
Verb (colloquial):
- To fabricate (a pretext): To invent or create an excuse or reason to rely on, often for a dubious purpose.
Interrogative particle (literary, archaic):
- A word used at the end of an interrogative sentence to express a tone of lament, pity, or deep wondering. It is often untranslated directly but adds emotional depth.
Usage Examples
Noun (Dozen):
- Cô ấy mua một tá trứng. (She bought a dozen eggs.)
- Có hàng tá lý do để từ chối. (There are dozens of reasons to refuse.)
Noun (Military Officer):
- Ông ấy được thăng cấp lên tá. (He was promoted to the rank of major/field officer.)
Verb:
- Hắn tá cớ ốm để nghỉ làm. (He fabricated an excuse of being sick to take a day off.)
Interrogative Particle:
- Người xưa đâu tá? (Where, alas, are the people of the past?)
Advanced Usage
- The word "tá" is often used in the structure "hàng tá" to mean "many dozens of" or "a great many," emphasizing a large, indefinite number.
- Cô ấy có hàng tá giày. (She has dozens and dozens of shoes.)
Variants and Related Words
- Tá lả (adj, colloquial): To be exhausted, worn out, or in a state of disarray.
- Làm việc cả ngày, tôi thấy tá lả. (Working all day, I feel completely exhausted.)
Synonyms
- Dozen: Twelve.
- Major: A senior military rank.
- Fabricate: To invent or concoct (a story or excuse).
- Alas: An interjection expressing sorrow or pity (for the archaic particle sense).
Related Idioms
- Tá tửu (archaic): To ask for wine; to use a pretext to get a drink.
- The interrogative usage is primarily found in classical Vietnamese poetry and literature to convey a melancholic or rhetorical question.
noun
- dozen
- hàng tá xe cộdozens of vehicles. field officer