bảo tồn

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 保存.

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɓaːw˧˩ ton˨˩]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɓaːw˧˨ toŋ˦˩]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔɓaːw˨˩˦ toŋ˨˩]

Verb

bảo tồn

(chiefly sociology, ecology) to preserve; to conserve
bảo tồn bản sắc dân tộc ― to preserve unique identity of an ethnicity

bảo tồn thiên nhiên ― to preserve/conserve nature

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