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tờ

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Definition

What it means

Illustration for the Vietnamese grammar pattern tờ
English

Classifier for flat sheets and anything printed on paper — a sheet of paper, a newspaper, a magazine, a flyer, a form, a banknote.

Tiếng Việt

Loại từ cho tờ giấy phẳng và những thứ in trên giấy — tờ giấy, tờ báo, tờ tạp chí, tờ rơi, tờ khai, tờ tiền.

Examples

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  1. Cho mình xin một tờ giấy.

    Can I have a sheet of paper.

  2. Sáng nào ba mình cũng đọc một tờ báo.

    My dad reads a newspaper every morning.

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