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sống

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sống means to live.

Meanings of sống in English

Verb

  1. to live
    • sự sốnglife

Adjective

  1. living
    • người sốngthe living
  2. alive
    • Hắn còn sống.He's still alive.
  3. live
    • ăn tươi nuốt sốngto eat something (a)live; (figurative) to enslave or exploit inhumanely
  4. raw
    • rau sốngraw vegetables
  5. undercooked
    • cơm sốngundercooked rice

Noun

  1. in compounds spine
    • thấy lạnh sống lưngto feel the chills down one's spine
    • sống núi ngầmunderwater mountain ridge
    • sống daothe back of a knife

Adjective

  1. Northern Vietnam, obsolete, in written form Northern Vietnam form of trống (“male”)

Words with sống

Synonyms and antonyms of sống

Antonyms

Example sentences with sống

  • Bố mẹ tôi sống ở Nam Mĩ. My parents live in South America.
  • Anh ấy đã từng sống ở đây. He used to live here.
  • Cô ấy đã từng sống với hắn. She used to live with him.
  • Cô ta đã từng sống một mình. She is used to living alone.
  • Mẹ Tom sống ở ngôi làng này. Tom's mother lives in this village.
  • Tôi hiện đang sống ở Mã Lai. I live in Malaysia.
  • Bạn định sống ở đây bao lâu? How long do you plan to live here?
  • Cô ấy sống trong một căn hộ. She lives in a flat.

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, sống could be written as 𦡠, 𬴑, 𤯩, 𠸙. Today Vietnamese is written only in the Latin alphabet.

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *k-roːŋʔ (“back of the blade”), from Proto-Mon-Khmer *ruŋʔ ~ *ruuŋ() ~ *ruəŋ() (“ridge; spine; back”). Cognate with Bahnar rŏng (“behind, in back of”) (Shorto 2006, #667).

Frequently asked questions

What does sống mean in English?

sống (verb) means "to live".

How do you pronounce sống?

IPA: Hanoi [səwŋ͡m˧˦]; Saigon [ʂəwŋ͡m˦˥]. Tones: sống — rising tone (sắc).

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.