cũ

See also: Appendix:Variations of "cu"

Latin

Pronunciation

Preposition

cũ (+ ablative)

  1. Alternative form of cum
    • 1537, Guy de Chauliac, Joannes Baptistia Cortesius, Chirurgia Guidonis de Cauliaco […]‎, Messanæ, page 73:
      Aut cũ gargariſmis maturatiuis & apertiuis:vt eſt decoctio ficuum dactilorũ fenugreci addendo fermentum.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Vietnamese

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 古 (“old”, SV: cổ). Doublet of cổ.

Pronunciation
  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ku˦ˀ˥]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [kʊw˧˨]
  • (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [kʊw˨˩˦]
  • Audio (Hồ Chí Minh City)(file)

Adjective

cũ • (𫇰, 𪡻)

  1. (of an object) old, but not ancient; compare cổ (“ancient”) and già (of a lifeform)
  2. (semantics) obsolete
    từ/nghĩa cũ ― an obsolete word/sense
  3. (of an object) secondhand (not new; previously owned and used by another)
  4. (of a geographic place) former
    Liên Xô cũ ― the former Soviet Union
    Nam Tư cũ ― the former Yugoslavia
  5. (of a person) no longer close
    bạn cũ ― an old friend
    người yêu/người tình/bồ/bạn trai/bạn gái cũ ― an ex-lover/boyfriend/girlfriend
    chồng/vợ cũ ― an ex-husband/wife

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