cư ngụ

Vietnamese

Etymology

    Sino-Vietnamese word from 居 and 寓.

    Pronunciation

    • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [kɨ˧˧ ŋu˧˨ʔ]
    • (Huế) IPA(key): [kɨ˧˧ ŋʊw˨˩ʔ]
    • (Saigon) IPA(key): [kɨ˧˧ ŋʊw˨˩˨]

    Verb

    cư ngụ

    1. 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

    • 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.
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