No. 965 in Vietnamese
tùng
The Vietnamese word "tùng" can mean "pine tree" or suggest resilience and endurance, depending on context.
In a sentence
Anh ấy sống gần rừng cây tùng.
He lives near a pine forest.
"tùng" refers to the type of tree, a pine tree.
Cô ấy lặp lại mỗi bước theo tùng bước múa.
She repeated each step following every dance movement.
"tùng" is used metaphorically to describe successive actions or sequential steps.
Ông lão kể chuyện ấy một cách từng từng từng.
The old man narrated the story rhythmically and segment by segment.
"tùng" here mimics a rhythmic and repetitive pattern suggestive of cadence or segmentation.
Hear it in real podcasts
The recording above is a synthetic voice. Hear how people say “tùng” in actual Vietnamese podcasts.
Find “tùng” in podcastsLearn it from shows you like
LangTurbo plays Vietnamese podcasts with a transcript and the English under every line. Tap a word like this one and it tells you what it means right there. For iPhone, iPad and Android.
Learning English?
LangTurbo plays real English podcasts with every line translated into Tiếng Việt, and tells you what any word means in that sentence. For iPhone, iPad and Android.
Vietnamese books and courses on Amazon (an affiliate link: a purchase through it supports this site).