nối dòng

Vietnamese

Etymology

nối (“to continue; to carry on; to perpetuate”) +‎ dòng (“descent”).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [noj˧˦ zawŋ͡m˨˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [noj˨˩˦ jawŋ͡m˦˩] ~ [noj˨˩˦ jɔŋ˦˩]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [noj˦˥ jawŋ͡m˨˩]

Verb

nối dòng • (綏𣳔)

1. (transitive) to maintain the continuity of the family line
   • 1820, Nguyễn Du (阮攸), Đoạn trường tân thanh (Truyện Kiều)‎^[1], published 1866, lines 13–14:

     没(Một)𤳆(trai)𡥵(con)次(thứ)卒(rốt)𢚸(lòng)
     王(Vương)󰞹(Quan)󰑼(là)𡦂(chữ)綏(nối)𣳔(dòng)儒(nho)家(gia)

     He had a son, the youngest, named Vuong Quan,
     to carry on the family lineage of Confucian scholars.