bảo lưu

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 保留.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɓaːw˧˩ liw˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɓaːw˧˨ lɨw˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔɓaːw˨˩˦ lɨw˧˧]

Verb

bảo lưu

1. (education) to reserve one's academic progress, take a break, and resume sometime later