cáo từ
See also: cǎotú
Vietnamese edit
Etymology edit
Sino-Vietnamese word from 告辭.
Pronunciation edit
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [kaːw˧˦ tɨ˨˩]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [kaːw˨˩˦ tɨ˦˩]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [kaːw˦˥ tɨ˨˩]
Verb edit
- (literary) to take leave, to say goodbye
- 2005, chapter 1, in Cao Tự Thanh, transl., Anh hùng xạ điêu, Văn học, translation of 射雕英雄传 by Jīn Yōng (Kim Dung):
- Trương Thập Ngũ uống đến khi say khướt mới cáo từ, xiêu xiêu vẹo vẹo đi về hướng Lâm An, […]
- Only when he was drunk as a wheelbarrow did Zhāng Shíwǔ take his leave, stumbling on his way in the direction of Lin'an, […]