gả

Vietnamese

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 嫁 (SV: giá).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ɣaː˧˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ɣaː˧˨]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ɣaː˨˩˦]

Verb

gả

1. to give (one's daughter) in marriage; to marry off one's daughter

   dựng vợ gả chồng

   to get one's children married

   (literally, “to find [one's son] a wife and [one's daughter] a husband”)