bảo lưu

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 保留.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓaːw˧˩ liw˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓaːw˧˨ lɨw˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɓaːw˨˩˦ lɨw˧˧]

Verb

bảo lưu

  1. (education) to reserve one's academic progress, take a break, and resume sometime later