cư ngụ
Vietnamese
editEtymology
editSino-Vietnamese word from 居 and 寓.
Pronunciation
editVerb
edit- to reside; to live; to dwell
- Người dân đã cư ngụ ở nơi hoang vu này hàng trăm nay.
- People have lived in this remote location for hundreds of years.
Usage notes
edit- cư ngụ simply means "to dwell, to live in a location", while the anagram ngụ cư is currently rather uncommon and means "to live in a new place", used mainly for internal immigrants.