giữ
Middle Vietnamese
Alternative forms
Verb
giữ
- to keep, to hold and maintain as one's own
- giữ mà đợng
- to keep in storage
- to safeguard
- giữ nhà
- to keep watch over a house
- giữ cửa giữ nhà
- to keep watch over the whole property
- giữ đạo
- to keep the faith
- giữ đạo cho blọn
- to be fully faithful
- giữ ngày lễ lạy
- to observe the holy days of obligation
- Đức thánh Anjo giữ mình
- Angel of God, watch over me
- giữ lễ nhít
- to keep the Sabbath
- noi giữ đạo Chúa
- to be wholly faithful to Christianity
- giữ mềnh
- to protect oneself
- giữ lểy
- to take care of oneself
- lếy dấu thánh mà giữ mềnh
- to protect oneself with holy relics
- Dù mà có đạo sao᷄ le cu᷄̃ phải giữ.
- Those belonging to the faith must also keep the faith.
Derived terms
- gìn giữ
- giữ canh
- giữ giàng
- giữ nghĩa
Descendants
- Vietnamese: giữ
References
- De Rhodes, Alexandre (1651), “giữ”, Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum
- De Rhodes, Alexandre (1651), “blọn”, Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum
- De Rhodes, Alexandre (1651), “chực tiét”, Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum
- De Rhodes, Alexandre (1651), “cửa”, Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum
- De Rhodes, Alexandre (1651), “đạo”, Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum
- De Rhodes, Alexandre (1651), “đợng”, Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum
- De Rhodes, Alexandre (1651), “đức”, Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum
- De Rhodes, Alexandre (1651), “lễ”, Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum
- De Rhodes, Alexandre (1651), “lếy”, Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum
- De Rhodes, Alexandre (1651), “noi”, Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum
- De Rhodes, Alexandre (1651), “phào᷄ mềnh”, Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum
- De Rhodes, Alexandre (1651), “thủ”, Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum
- De Rhodes, Alexandre (1651), “trấn”, Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum
- De Rhodes, Alexandre (1651), “trực”, Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum
- De Rhodes, Alexandre (1651), “De Verbis”, Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum
Vietnamese
Etymology
From Middle Vietnamese giữ, from Proto-Vietic *k-cɨh; cognate with Muong chữ and Chut [Rục] kɨcɨː⁴.
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [zɨ˦ˀ˥]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [jɨ˧˨]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [jɨ˨˩˦]
- Homophone: dữ
Verb
giữ (𢬇, 𧵤)
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