bảo tồn

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 保存.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

bảo tồn

  1. (chiefly sociology, ecology) to preserve; to conserve
    bảo tồn bản sắc dân tộc ― to preserve unique identity of an ethnicity
    bảo tồn thiên nhiên ― to preserve/conserve nature
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