đền bù

Vietnamese

Etymology

đền (“to pay for damage or loss”) +‎ bù (“to complement”)

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɗen˨˩ ʔɓu˨˩]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɗen˦˩ ʔɓʊw˦˩]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔɗəːn˨˩ ʔɓʊw˨˩]

Verb

(of the government) to compensate for land confiscation

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