cư ngụ

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 居 and 寓.

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [kɨ˧˧ ŋu˧˨ʔ]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [kɨ˧˧ ŋʊw˨˩ʔ]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [kɨ˧˧ ŋʊw˨˩˨]

Verb

to reside; to live; to dwell
Người dân đã cư ngụ ở nơi hoang vu này hàng trăm nay.
People have lived in this remote location for hundreds of years.

Usage notes

cư ngụ simply means "to dwell, to live in a location", while the anagram ngụ cư is currently rather uncommon and means "to live in a new place", used mainly for internal immigrants.

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