phụ
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "phu"
Vietnamese
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Sino-Vietnamese word from 輔 (“to assist”). The adjectival sense is influenced by 附 (“to depend on; to augment”).
Verb
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Adjective
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- 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.
Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Sino-Vietnamese word from 負 (“to betray”).
Verb
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- (literary) to disappoint; to betray
- Cậu không phụ kỳ vọng của gia đình.
- He did not disappoint his family.
- 1909 [14th century], Phan Kế Bính, chapter 4, in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, translation of original by Luo Guanzhong:
- Tháo nói: - Thà rằng ta phụ người, còn hơn để người phụ ta.
- [Cao] Cao said: I'd rather betray others than let others betray me.
Romanization
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- Sino-Vietnamese reading of 負
Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 3
[edit]Romanization
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- Sino-Vietnamese reading of 父
Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 4
[edit]Romanization
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- Sino-Vietnamese reading of 婦 (“woman, wife”)
- Chinh phụ ngâm ― Lament of the soldier's wife
Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 5
[edit]Romanization
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- Sino-Vietnamese reading of 附