phục vụ

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Vietnamese

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Etymology

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Sino-Vietnamese word from 服務 (to serve).

Pronunciation

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  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [fʊwk͡p̚˧˨ʔ vu˧˨ʔ]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [fʊwk͡p̚˨˩ʔ vʊw˨˩ʔ]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [fʊwk͡p̚˨˩˨ vʊw˨˩˨] ~ [fʊwk͡p̚˨˩˨ jʊw˨˩˨]
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Noun

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phục vụ

  1. to serve, to attend to
    phục vụ người ốmto attend to the sick, to nurse the sick