gả
Vietnamese
Etymology
Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 嫁 (SV: giá).
Pronunciation
Verb
- to give (one's offspring) in marriage; to marry off (one's offspring)
- (by extension) to get a spouse for one's offspring
- gả chồng cho con gái ― to get a husband for one's daughter
- gả vợ cho con trai ― to get a wife for one's son
- dựng vợ gả chồng ― to get one's children married; to find [one's son] a wife and [one's daughter] a husband (literally, “to set up a wife [for one's son] and get a husband [for one's daughter]”)
Derived terms
- cưới gả
- gả bán