cũ

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kum/, [kʊ̃ˑ]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kum/, [kum]

cũ (+ ablative)

1. Alternative form of cum
   • 1537, de Chauliac, Guy; Cortesius, Joannes Baptistia, Chirurgia Guidonis de Cauliaco […]‎, Messanæ, page 73:

     Aut cũ gargariſmis maturatiuis & apertiuis:vt eſt decoctio ficuum dactilorũ fenugreci addendo fermentum.

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Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 古 (“old”, SV: cổ). Doublet of cổ.

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ku˦ˀ˥]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [kʊw˧˨]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [kʊw˨˩˦]

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cũ • (𫇰, 𪡻)

1. (of an object) old, but not ancient; compare cổ (“ancient”) and già (of a lifeform)
2. (semantics) obsolete

   từ/nghĩa cũ ― an obsolete word/sense

3. (of an object) secondhand (not new; previously owned and used by another)
4. (of a geographic place) former

   Liên Xô cũ ― the former Soviet Union

   Nam Tư cũ ― the former Yugoslavia

5. (of a person) no longer close

   bạn cũ ― an old friend

   người yêu/người tình/bồ/bạn trai/bạn gái cũ ― an ex-lover/boyfriend/girlfriend

   chồng/vợ cũ ― an ex-husband/wife

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