nhường

• nhờng

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 讓 (“to give way”, SV: nhượng). Doublet of nhượng.

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ɲɨəŋ˨˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ɲɨəŋ˦˩]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ɲɨəŋ˨˩]

nhường • (攘)

1. to give up (something one wants or has to someone else), to relinquish, to make concessions

   nhường đường ― to give way (to)

   nhường chồng cho bồ ― (of wife) to give up one's husband to the mistress

2. to altruistically share or give something, especially to the disadvantaged

   nhường cơm sẻ áo ― to help and share with each other the essentials for life when in difficulty