bảo lưu
Vietnamese
Etymology
Sino-Vietnamese word from 保留.
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓaːw˧˩ liw˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓaːw˧˨ lɨw˧˧]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ʔɓaːw˨˩˦ lɨw˧˧]
Verb
bảo lưu
- (education) to reserve one's academic progress, take a break, and resume sometime later