Definition

1. Noun:

   • Character, Temperament, Disposition: The inherent or characteristic set of emotional qualities, personality, and behavioral tendencies of a person.
   • Habit, Custom: A regular, often unconscious pattern of behavior acquired through frequent repetition.
   • Property, Quality, Nature: An essential or distinctive attribute, feature, or characteristic of something.
   • Gender: (In specific contexts like "giới tính") The state of being male or female.

2. Verb:

   • To Calculate, To Compute: To perform a mathematical operation to determine a numerical result.
   • To Count, To Include/Exclude: To take into account or to enumerate; also used to specify what is included or excluded in a count.
   • To Consider, To Weigh, To Plan: To think about carefully, especially in order to make a decision or plan.
   • To Intend, To Plan: To have a course of action in mind as an intent or goal.
   • To Charge (a price): To ask for a specific amount of money as payment.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Anh ấy có tính tốt. (He has a good character.)
  • Cô ấy có tính hay cười. (She has a habit of laughing often.)
  • Tính đàn hồi của cao su rất tốt. (The elastic property of rubber is very good.)
• Verb:
  • Em bé đang học tính. (The child is learning to calculate.)
  • Tính cả tôi, chúng tôi có năm người. (Counting me, there are five of us.)
  • Tôi phải tính kế hoạch này cẩn thận. (I have to consider this plan carefully.)
  • Ngày mai tôi tính đi siêu thị. (Tomorrow I intend to go to the supermarket.)
  • Họ tính tôi hai trăm ngàn cho bữa ăn. (They charged me two hundred thousand for the meal.)

Advanced Usage

• "tính toán": to calculate, to scheme (often with a connotation of careful, sometimes selfish planning).
  • Hắn ta luôn tính toán lợi ích cá nhân. (He is always scheming for personal gain.)
• "tính sổ": to settle accounts (literally or figuratively).
  • Đã đến lúc tính sổ với những sai phạm. (It's time to settle accounts for the violations.)

Variants and Related Words

• Tính cách (n): Personality, character (emphasizing broader personality traits).
  • Tính cách của cô ấy rất cởi mở. (Her personality is very open.)
• Tính từ (n): Adjective (a part of speech).
  • "Đẹp" và "cao" là những tính từ. ("Beautiful" and "tall" are adjectives.)
• Định tính (adj): Qualitative.
  • Đây là một phân tích định tính. (This is a qualitative analysis.)

Synonyms

• Noun: Character, temperament, habit, property, quality, nature.
• Verb: Calculate, compute, count, consider, plan, intend, charge.

Related Idioms

• Tính già hóa non: To plan meticulously but end up with a poor result (literally: to calculate like an elder but turn out immature).
  • Dự án thất bại vì tính già hóa non. (The project failed due to over-planning without foresight.)
• Tính đầu hơn đuôi: To be meticulous and thorough in calculation (literally: to calculate the head more than the tail).
  • Làm việc với anh ấy phải tính đầu hơn đuôi. (Working with him requires being extremely meticulous.)

noun

1. temper, dioposition trait, quality property habit

verb

1. to calculate, to rackon to consider to plan to count