Where does “né tránh” come from?

né tránh (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese tranh, from Chinese 爭.

né tránh (Vietnamese): to avoid; to shun; to shirk; to elude

Definitions

  1. to avoid; to shun; to shirk; to elude

Ancestry of “né tránh”, step by step

né tránh traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese tranh

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesetranhpainting, picture; to compete, to fight for
2Chinese爭—

via Vietnamese né

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesenéto avoid; to dodge
Every word from Chinese 爭 →Every word from Vietnamese tranh →