đổi

See also: Appendix:Variations of "doi"

Vietnamese

Etymology

Cognate with Tho [Cuối Chăm] tɔːl⁵.

Not related to Chinese 代 (dài) (SV: đại). The Vietnamese and Cuối Chăm forms both point to earlier *toːs, so superficially similar words like Khmer ដូរ (dou), Halang tur are almost certainly unrelated as well.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɗoj˧˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɗoj˧˨]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɗoj˨˩˦]
  • Audio (Hà Nội):(file)

Verb

đổi • (對, 𢷮, 対, 𠲝, 𢙪, 𢬭, 𨒻, 𣋇, 𣌒, 󱚺)

  1. (ambitransitive) to change (to (make something) become something different)
  2. (transitive) to change (to give money in exchange for a smaller amount)
    Synonym: đổi tiền

Derived terms

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