Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

thi

/θˈi/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.16 in modern English

Syllables: thi
IPA: /θˈi/

6

Scrabble Score

3

Letters

1

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Vietnamese.

Example Sentences

"Phan Thi Kim Phuc, whose photograph became a symbol of the horrors of the Vietnam war, has had her final skin treatment with a burn specialist, 50 years after her village was struck by napalm."

Etymology

Borrowed from Vietnamese Thi.

Inflected Forms

This (plural)

Rhymes With

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Questions

How do you pronounce thi?: The recorded pronunciation is /θˈi/.
What does thi mean?: A surname from Vietnamese.
Where does thi come from?: Borrowed from Vietnamese Thi.

How to pronounce thi

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