nhổ

See also: Appendix:Variations of "nho"

Vietnamese

FWOTD – 19 January 2022

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

  • (North Central Vietnam) chỗ

Verb

nhổ • (𭉷)

  1. to spit, to spit out

Etymology 2

From Proto-Vietic *ʄoh.

Verb

nhổ • (𢭵, 𢮫, 𢯚)

  1. to pull out something that's planted firmly into a surface, such as a tooth, a hair, a feather, a blade of grass, etc.
    nhổ răng/tóc bạc/cỏ ― to pull out a tooth/a gray hair/weed
    • 1957, Đoàn Giỏi, chapter 17, in Đất rừng phương Nam, Kim Đồng:
      Thằng bé kéo tay tôi, bảo nhỏ. – Nhổ lông chim mướn đấy. […]
      The boy pulled my hand and said quietly, "They are searching for someone to pluck feathers there. […]"
Synonyms
  • (to pull out something firmly planted into a surface): nhể
Derived terms

See also

Anagrams

  • hổn
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