mượn cớ
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Vietnamese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]mượn (“to borrow”) + cớ (“excuse”)
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [mɨən˧˨ʔ kəː˧˦]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [mɨəŋ˨˩ʔ kəː˨˩˦]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [mɨəŋ˨˩˨ kəː˦˥]
Verb
[edit]- (transitive) to use something as a pretext
- mượn cớ nhà có việc để nghỉ học
- to use the pretext of a family business to be absent from school; to stay away from school on the pretext of a family business
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- "mượn cớ" in Hồ Ngọc Đức, Free Vietnamese Dictionary Project (details)