đợi

See also: Appendix:Variations of "doi"

Vietnamese

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 待 (“to wait for”, SV: đãi).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɗəːj˧˨ʔ]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɗəːj˨˩ʔ]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɗəːj˨˩˨]

Verb

đợi • (𫁧)

  1. to wait for, to await
    Hãy đợi đấy! ― Well, Just You Wait! (a cartoon series by Soyuzmultfilm)
    • 1820, 阮攸 [Nguyễn Du], compiled by Liễu Văn Đường, 傳翹 [Truyện Kiều], published 1866, lines 553-554:
      管包𣎃待𢆥徐
      擬𠊛咹𩙌𦣰湄㤕忱
      Quản bao tháng đợi, năm chờ,
      Nghĩ người ăn gió, nằm mưa, xót thầm.
      I care not how many months and years I must wait, my heart will follow you wherever you go. Oh, my dear! I already suffer at the thought that you are going to be exposed to winds and rains.

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