tảo tần

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [taːw˧˩ tən˨˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [taːw˧˨ təŋ˦˩]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [taːw˨˩˦ təŋ˨˩]

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “a rearrangement of tần tảo?”).

Adjective

tảo tần

1. contriving well
2. diligent and parsimonious; economical; thrifty; saving up

   Ông ta sống rất phong lưu nhờ có bà vợ biết buôn bán, tảo tần.

   He lived a very affluent life thanks to his wife who knew how to do business and be thrifty.

Etymology 2

Sino-Vietnamese word from 藻 and 蘋.

Noun

tảo tần

1. (rare, literary) a type of algae, often used in antiquity for rituals

Anagrams

• tần tảo