gả
Pronunciation
Northern
/ɣa̰ː˧˩˧/
Central
/ɣaː˧˩˨/
Southern
/ɣaː˨˩˦/
marry off
2 senses
Verb
marry off
Verb
find a spouse
Details
2 senses
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Details
2 senses
Sense 1
Verb
marry off
Life Events & Milestones
To agree to give one's child in marriage to another person.
vi Người cha đã đồng ý gả con gái cho chàng trai làng bên.
en The father agreed to marry off his daughter to a boy from the next village.
Sense 2
Verb
find a spouse
To find a spouse for one's children and arrange their legal marriage.
vi Gia đình đang lo chuyện dựng vợ gả chồng cho con cái.
en The family is arranging marriages for their children.
Form
Chinese characters / chữ Nôm / syllables
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Form
Chinese characters / chữ Nôm / syllables
Chinese characters
Source-aligned
Representative candidate
嫁
Candidates by syllable
gả
婍
Bold marks the representative form aligned to a source as the spelling of the whole word. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. Source and confidence are shown in the heading above.