cư ngụ

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 居 and 寓.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [kɨ˧˧ ŋu˧˨ʔ]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [kɨ˧˧ ŋʊw˨˩ʔ]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [kɨ˧˧ ŋʊw˨˩˨]

Verb

cư ngụ

1. to reside; to live; to dwell

   Người dân đã cư ngụ ở nơi hoang vu này hàng trăm nay.

   People have lived in this remote location for hundreds of years.

Usage notes

• cư ngụ simply means "to dwell, to live in a location", while the anagram ngụ cư is currently rather uncommon and means "to live in a new place", used mainly for internal immigrants.