bảo
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Borrowed from Vietnamese bảo. Doublet of pảo.
bảo
Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 報 (SV: báo). Doublet of báo.
bảo • (𠸒)
If nói (“to say; to utter; to talk; to speak”) is grammatically analogous to English say in that it has an "indirect object" which follows với (“to”), then bảo is analogous to English tell in that it does not require với:
There are some cases where a pronoun can be mistaken for an "indirect object" of nói:
This sentence can be changed into Em nói cho anh nghe (literally “I'm saying so that you hear.”). The verb nghe (“to hear”) is a clue that anh (“you”) is not merely an "object", but actually the subject of a different clause.
Sino-Vietnamese word from 寶 (“precious”).
bảo
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