trả thù

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

  • (Northern Vietnam) giả thù

Etymology

trả (“to pay back, to return”) +‎ thù (讎) (“feud”).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [t͡ɕaː˧˩ tʰu˨˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʈaː˧˨ tʰʊw˦˩]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʈaː˨˩˦ tʰʊw˨˩]

Verb

trả thù

  1. to avenge, to take revenge
    Synonyms: báo thù, phục thù
    Nàng làm vậy là để trả thù.
    She did it out of revenge.
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