bảo lãnh

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Vietnamese

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Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 保領, composed of and .

Pronunciation

Adjective

bảo lãnh

  1. guaranteed or of legal responsibility
    • 1820, Nguyễn Du (阮攸), Truyện Kiều (傳翹) [The Tale of Kieu], Liễu Văn Ðường edition, published 1866, lines 1149–1150:
      (Được)𠳒(lời)(mụ)(mới)(tuỳ)()
      (Bắt)𠊛(người)(bảo)(lãnh)(làm)(tờ)(cung)(chiêu)
      Hearing Kiều's words, the wicked woman took advantage of the situation,
      To force the girl to guarantee and write down confession.

Verb

bảo lãnh

  1. to guarantee and take legal responsibility for someone
  2. (by extension) to sponsor someone for immigration purposes
    Tôi được bảo lãnh sang cư trú ở nước ngoài.
    I was sponsored to live abroad.