No. 331 in Vietnamese
trả
"Trả" means "to pay," "to return," or "to give back."
In a sentence
Tôi cần trả sách cho thư viện.
I need to return the book to the library.
In this sentence, 'trả' means 'return', indicating the action of giving something back to the original source or owner.
Tôi sẽ trả tiền cho bữa ăn tối.
I will pay for the dinner.
Here, 'trả' means 'pay', referring to the act of providing money in exchange for a service or goods.
Anh ấy hứa sẽ trả lời thư của tôi.
He promised to reply to my letter.
In this case, 'trả' is part of the compound 'trả lời', meaning 'reply' or 'respond', representing the act of answering or responding to someone.
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