sang tên

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [saːŋ˧˧ ten˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ʂaːŋ˧˧ ten˧˧]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʂaːŋ˧˧ təːn˧˧] ~ [saːŋ˧˧ təːn˧˧]

Etymology

sang (“to transfer”) +‎ tên (“name”)

Verb

to transfer title or ownership of something
Ông cụ đã đề nghị sang tên cho người con thứ hai ở ngôi nhà thờ.
The elderly man proposed to transfer the title to his second child at the church.

References

"sang tên" in Hồ Ngọc Đức, Free Vietnamese Dictionary Project (details)

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