cáo từ

See also: cǎotú

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 告辭.

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [kaːw˧˦ tɨ˨˩]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [kaːw˨˩˦ tɨ˦˩]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [kaːw˦˥ tɨ˨˩]

Verb

(literary) to take leave, to say goodbye
- 2005, chapter 1, in Cao Tự Thanh, transl., Anh hùng xạ điêu, Văn học, translation of 射雕英雄传 by Jīn Yōng (Kim Dung):
  Trương Thập Ngũ uống đến khi say khướt mới cáo từ, xiêu xiêu vẹo vẹo đi về hướng Lâm An, […]
  Only when he was drunk as a wheelbarrow did Zhāng Shíwǔ take his leave, stumbling on his way in the direction of Lin'an, […]

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