thiên cư

Vietnamese

Etymology

    Sino-Vietnamese word from 遷居.

    Pronunciation

    • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [tʰiən˧˧ kɨ˧˧]
    • (Huế) IPA(key): [tʰiəŋ˧˧ kɨ˧˧]
    • (Saigon) IPA(key): [tʰiəŋ˧˧ kɨ˧˧]

    Verb

    thiên

    1. (literary, dated) to change one's lodgings; to move to a new place (of residence)