gả

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ga"

Vietnamese

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 嫁 (SV: giá).

Pronunciation

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

Verb

gả • (妸, 嫁, 哿)

1. to give (one's offspring) in marriage; to marry off (one's offspring)
2. (by extension) to get a spouse for one's offspring

   gả chồng cho con gái ― to get a husband for one's daughter

   gả vợ cho con trai ― to get a wife for one's son

   dựng vợ gả chồng ― to get one's children married; to find [one's son] a wife and [one's daughter] a husband (literally, “to set up a wife [for one's son] and get a husband [for one's daughter]”)

Derived terms

• cưới gả
• gả bán