chừa

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˧˧]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [cɨə˨˩]

Verb

chừa

to leave (a portion for); to save; to reserve; to spare
to give up (a bad habit); to abstain from; to quit

chừa thuốc lá ― to quit smoking

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