nhường

Vietnamese edit

Etymology edit

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 讓 (“to give way”, SV: nhượng).

Pronunciation edit

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ɲɨəŋ˨˩]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ɲɨəŋ˦˩]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ɲɨəŋ˨˩]

Verb edit

nhường

to give up (something one wants or has to someone else), to relinquish, to give way
nhường đường ― to give way (to)

nhường chồng cho bồ ― (of wife) to give up one's husband to the mistress

Derived terms edit

Derived terms

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