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tại sao

Pronunciation Northern /ta̰ːʔj˨˩ saːw˧˧/ Central /ta̰ːj˨˨ ʂaːw˧˥/ Southern /taːj˨˩˨ ʂaːw˧˧/
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An interrogative word used to ask about the cause or reason for something.

vi Tại sao bạn lại đến muộn?

en Why are you late?

Parts
tại / sao / A compound of tại + sao …
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OriginA compound of tại + sao

chữ Nôm Source-aligned
Representative candidate
在牢
Candidates by syllable
tại 在 sao 牢
Bold marks the representative form aligned to a source as the spelling of the whole word. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. Source and confidence are shown in the heading above.
Use
hiện tại / tồn tại / ý tại ngôn ngoại / con hư tại mẹ, cháu hư tại bà …
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