cách
In real, traceable use. Part of the curated seed collection; community review is coming.
Sense 1
Meaning · English
(noun) way, manner, fashion
Register: formal
Where it’s used:
Used
Toàn quốc & hải ngoại · Vietnam-wide & diaspora
Examples
cách làm việcthe way of working
một cách nhanh chóngquickly, rapidly
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Sources & notes
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Sense 2
Meaning · English
(noun) grammatical case
Register: formal
Examples
sở hữu cách/cách sở hữuthe genitive case
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Sense 3
Meaning · English
(particle) Forming intensifiers preceding certain particles and quantifiers
Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt
Tạo thành các từ tăng cường trước một số hạt và lượng từ
Machine-translated — suggest a fix
Register: formal
Examples
dù có cố gắng cách mấy...no matter how hard you try...
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Sense 4
Meaning · English
(verb) to be distant from, to be separated from
Register: formal
Examples
Nhà tui cách thành phố 50 cây số.My house is 50 kilometers from (the/a) city.
Tôi không biết khoảng cách đó là bao nhiêu.I don't know how far that is. (literally, “what the distance is”)
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Common questions
What does “cách” mean?
(noun) way, manner, fashion
Is “cách” formal or informal?
cách is generally formal.
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