đời

See also: Appendix:Variations of "doi"

Vietnamese

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 代 (“generation”, SV: đại).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

(classifier cuộc) đời • (𠁀, 代, 𫢫)

  1. a lifetime; compare cuộc sống (activities in life or daily life)
    trọn đời ― all of one's life
  2. generation (of people)
    Hypernym: thế hệ (“generation (of other things also)”)
  3. the world of the living, the mortal plane
    trên đời ― in this world
    • 2001, Chu Lai, Cuộc đời dài lắm, NXB Văn học, page 12:
      Gần hai mươi năm sống trên đời, đây là lần thứ hai anh khóc, […]
      In the about twenty years of his life in this world, this was the second time he cried, […]

Derived terms

Classifier

đời

  1. indicates a phase of life
    Cô lấy hai đời chồng.
    She married twice.
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