gả

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ga"

Vietnamese

Etymology

    Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 嫁 (SV: giá).

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    gả • (妸, 嫁, 哿)

    1. to give (one's offspring) in marriage; to marry off (one's offspring)
    2. (by extension) to get a spouse for one's offspring
      gả chồng cho con gái ― to get a husband for one's daughter
      gả vợ cho con trai ― to get a wife for one's son
      dựng vợ gả chồng ― to get one's children married; to find [one's son] a wife and [one's daughter] a husband (literally, “to set up a wife [for one's son] and get a husband [for one's daughter]”)

    Derived terms

    • cưới gả
    • gả bán
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