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Vietnamese
- (Northern Vietnam) giồng
- (North Central Vietnam) lôông (phonetic spelling), lông (phonemic spelling)
Etymology
From Proto-Vietic *m-loːŋ. Cognate with Muong tlồng.
Pronunciation
Verb
trồng • (槞, 𢲣, 堹, 揰, 種, 撞, 櫳, 攏, 𣑺, 桐, 𣙩, 𤿰, )
- to plant
- Bố tôi đang trồng cây. ― My father is planting trees.
- Trồng cây gây rừng ― To grow forests by planting trees
- Hồ Chí Minh, paraphrasing Guanzi in “Phát biểu tại lớp học chính trị của giáo viên cấp II và cấp III toàn miền Bắc [Speech to Pan-Northern Middle School and High School Teachers Attending a Course in Politics]”, in Hồ Chí Minh – Toàn tập [Hồ Chí Minh – Complete Works], 2011 [1958 September 13], page 528
Vì lợi ích mười năm thì phải trồng cây, vì lợi ích trăm năm thì phải trồng người.- To benefit for ten years, must plant trees! To benefit for a hundred years, must cultivate people!
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Further reading
- Đào Ngọc Đệ (2010 November 7) “‘Vì lợi ích mười năm thì phải trồng cây,...’”, in Lao Động