cáo từ

See also: cǎotú

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 告辭.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [kaːw˧˦ tɨ˨˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [kaːw˨˩˦ tɨ˦˩]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [kaːw˦˥ tɨ˨˩]

Verb

cáo từ

  1. (literary) to take leave, to say goodbye
    • 2005 [1957–1959], chapter 1, in Cao Tự Thanh, transl., Anh hùng xạ điêu, Nhà xuất bản Văn học, translation of 射雕英雄传 by Kim Dung [Jin Yong]:
      Trương Thập Ngũ uống đến khi say khướt mới cáo từ, xiêu xiêu vẹo vẹo đi về hướng Lâm An, […]
      Only when he was drunk as a wheelbarrow did Zhāng Shíwǔ take his leave, stumbling on his way in the direction of Lin'an, […]
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