phụ

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Vietnamese[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Sino-Vietnamese word from (to assist).

Verb[edit]

phụ

  1. to aid, to help, to assist
    phụ mẹ làm việc nhàto help one's mother with housework

Adjective[edit]

phụ

  1. side, secondary, ancillary
    Antonym: chính (main, primary)
    Việc chính là học hành, còn câu lạc bộ chỉ là việc phụ thôi.
    Your main task is to study, your club activities are secondary.
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Etymology 2[edit]

Sino-Vietnamese word from (to betray).

Verb[edit]

phụ

  1. (literary) to disappoint; to betray
    Cậu không phụ kỳ vọng của gia đình.
    He did not disappoint his family.

Etymology 3[edit]

Sino-Vietnamese word from (father).

Noun[edit]

phụ

  1. (only in compounds) father

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