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Where does “thầy giáo” come from?

thầy giáo (Vietnamese) comes from Chinese 教 — to teach.

thầy giáo (Vietnamese): a male teacher

Definitions

  1. a male teacher

Ancestry of “thầy giáo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chinese教to teach
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