trả thù
Vietnamese edit
Alternative forms edit
- (Northern Vietnam) giả thù
Etymology edit
trả (“to pay back, to return”) + thù (讎) (“feud”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [t͡ɕaː˧˩ tʰu˨˩]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʈaː˧˨ tʰʊw˦˩]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ʈaː˨˩˦ tʰʊw˨˩]
Verb edit
- to avenge, to take revenge
- Nàng làm vậy là để trả thù. ― She did it out of revenge.