ôi

See also: Appendix:Variations of "oi"

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *sʔuj. Cognate with Mon သ္အဲု (ui, “to be rotten, putrid”) and Khmer ស្អុយ (sʼoy, “putrid, to stink”).

Adjective

ôi • (𦞏)

  1. tainted (meat), putrid (flesh)
    thịt ôi ― spoiled meat

Etymology 2

Onomatopoeic.

Interjection

ôi! • (隈, 喂, 偎)

  1. oh
  2. alas
Derived terms
  • eo ôi
  • hỡi ôi
  • ôi chao
  • ôi chúa ơi
  • ôi dồi ôi
  • ôi trời
  • than ôi
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