trả thù

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

(Northern Vietnam) giả thù

Etymology

trả (“to pay back, to return”) +‎ thù (讎) (“feud”).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕaː˧˩ tʰu˨˩]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ʈaː˧˨ tʰʊw˦˩]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʈaː˨˩˦ tʰʊw˨˩]

Verb

to avenge, to take revenge
Nàng làm vậy là để trả thù. ― She did it out of revenge.

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