mượn cớ
Vietnamese edit
Etymology edit
mượn (“to borrow”) + cớ (“excuse”)
Pronunciation edit
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [mɨən˧˨ʔ kəː˧˦]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [mɨəŋ˨˩ʔ kəː˨˩˦]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [mɨəŋ˨˩˨ kəː˦˥]
Verb edit
- (transitive) to use something as a pretext
- mượn cớ nhà có việc để nghỉ học
- to use the pretext of a family business to be absent from school; to stay away from school on the pretext of a family business
See also edit
References edit
- "mượn cớ" in Hồ Ngọc Đức, Free Vietnamese Dictionary Project (details)