buông

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buônglevelngang

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buông means to release from one's hand.

Meanings of buông in English

Verb

to release from one's hand
- buông rèmto lower the blind/the curtain

Words with buông

buông lỏng buông lơi buông tha buông thả buông thõng buông tuồng buông xuôi buông lời

Example sentences with buông

Tôi sốt ruột chờ cho màn đêm buông xuống. I impatiently waited for the night to fall.

Bilingual example sentences from Tatoeba (tatoeba.org, CC BY 2.0 FR).

Historical script (chữ Nôm / Hán)

Before the Latin alphabet (chữ Quốc ngữ) became standard, buông could be written as 𢭾, 葻, 𢶻, 喯. Today Vietnamese is written only in the Latin alphabet.

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 放 (SV: phóng).

Frequently asked questions

What does buông mean in English?

buông (verb) means "to release from one's hand".

How do you pronounce buông?

IPA: Hanoi [ʔɓuəŋ˧˧]; Saigon [ʔɓuəŋ˧˧]. Tones: buông — level tone (ngang).

Meanings, pronunciation and etymology from English Wiktionary (wiktionary.org, via kaikki.org; CC BY-SA 4.0), reviewed and edited; example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). IPA shown for three accents: Hanoi (Northern), Huế (Central) and Saigon (Southern). The Listen button uses your browser's Vietnamese voice, for reference only. Levels are approximate, estimated from word frequency. Spotted a mistake? Let NgonNgu know.