Hợi

See also: Appendix:Variations of "hoi"

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 亥. Cognate with Northern Thai ᨣᩱ᩶, Lü ᦺᦅᧉ (kay²), Isan ไค้, Lao ໄຄ້ (khai).

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Hợi

  1. a unisex given name from Chinese
  2. the twelfth earthly branch represented by the Pig

Noun

Hợi

  1. (informal, euphemistic) a pig
    ngu như Hợi
    as dumb as a pig

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