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