tảo tần

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [taːw˧˩ tən˨˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [taːw˧˨ təŋ˦˩]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [taːw˨˩˦ təŋ˨˩]

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “a rearrangement of tần tảo?”).

Adjective

tảo tần

  1. contriving well
  2. diligent and parsimonious; economical; thrifty; saving up
    Ông ta sống rất phong lưu nhờ có bà vợ biết buôn bán, tảo tần.
    He lived a very affluent life thanks to his wife who knew how to do business and be thrifty.

Etymology 2

    Sino-Vietnamese word from 藻 and 蘋.

    Noun

    tảo tần

    1. (rare, literary) a type of algae, often used in antiquity for rituals

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