áp dụng

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 壓用, composed of 壓 (“to press”) and 用 (“to use”), partly resemble the spelling of apply (phono-semantic matching).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔaːp̚˧˦ zʊwŋ͡m˧˨ʔ]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔaːp̚˦˧˥ jʊwŋ͡m˨˩ʔ]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔaːp̚˦˥ jʊwŋ͡m˨˩˨]

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Verb

áp dụng

1. to apply; to put into practice