nhường
Vietnamese
Etymology
Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 讓 (“to give way”; SV: nhượng).
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ɲɨəŋ˨˩]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ɲɨəŋ˦˩]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ɲɨəŋ˨˩]
Verb
nhường
- to give up (something one wants or has to someone else), to relinquish, to give way
- nhường đường ― to give way (to)
- nhường chồng cho bồ ― (of wife) to give up one's husband to the mistress
Derived terms
Derived terms
- khiêm nhường
- nhịn nhường
- nhún nhường
- nhường bước
- nhường cơm sẻ áo
- nhường lời
- nhường nhịn
- trên kính dưới nhường
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