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by nghĩa là gì?

bằng cách

/baɪ/

by in Vietnamese: bằng cách, theo cách, trước, bên cạnh. In English, by means near or next to.

Vietnamese words for by

indicates a means
bằng cách, theo cách
with the authority of
trước
near, or next to
bên cạnh, gần, cạnh, kề, bên
indicates the agent of a passive verb
bởi
indicates creator of a work
của
indicating means of classification or organisation
theo, theo như, tuân theo
along a path
qua

English meaning of by

  1. preposition Near or next to.
  2. preposition From one side of something to the other, passing close by; past.
  3. preposition Not later than (the given time); not later than the end of (the given time interval); before.
  4. preposition After a given amount of time has elapsed or a given event has occurred.

Full definition of by

by in a sentence

  • The mailbox is by the bus stop.
  • The stream runs by our back door.
  • He ran straight by me.

by in other languages

Questions about by in Vietnamese

What is the meaning of by in Vietnamese?
By in Vietnamese is bằng cách, theo cách, trước, bên cạnh.
by nghĩa là gì?
By: bằng cách, theo cách, trước, bên cạnh.
What does by mean in English?
By means near or next to.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: by (page history and authors), its translation table and English meanings. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Vietnamese words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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