chừa

See also: Chua, chúa, chuà, chùa, Chúa, chuā, chưa, chứa, chửa, chữa, and chua

Vietnamese

Etymology

    Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 除 (“to eliminate; to remove; to divide”, SV: trừ).

    Pronunciation

    • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [t͡ɕɨə˨˩]
    • (Huế) IPA(key): [t͡ɕɨə˦˩]
    • (Saigon) IPA(key): [cɨə˨˩]

    Verb

    chừa • (𫫜, 儲, 徐)

    1. to leave (a portion for); to save; to reserve; to spare
    2. to give up (a bad habit); to abstain from; to quit
      chừa thuốc lá ― to quit smoking
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