mượn cớ

Vietnamese

Etymology

mượn (“to borrow”) +‎ cớ (“excuse”)

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [mɨən˧˨ʔ kəː˧˦]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [mɨəŋ˨˩ʔ kəː˨˩˦]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [mɨəŋ˨˩˨ kəː˦˥]

Verb

mượn cớ

(transitive) to use something as a pretext
mượn cớ nhà có việc để nghỉ học
to use the pretext of a family business to be absent from school; to stay away from school on the pretext of a family business

See also

References

"mượn cớ" in Hồ Ngọc Đức, Free Vietnamese Dictionary Project (details)

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