bởi

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɓəːj˧˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɓəːj˧˨]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔɓəːj˨˩˦]

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bởi • (罢, 𪽝, 摆, 罷, 𤳷)

1. (obsolete) from

   A Nan bởi ngôi mà dậy.

   Ānanda stands up from his seat.

2. because

   Bởi chồng cờ bạc nên lòng không yêu.

   I don't love my husband because he gambles.

   Bởi vậy!

   I told you so!

• In modern written texts, especially texts translated from English, bởi is sometime used as indication of passive voice like English by (most likely originally propelled by phono-semantic matching). However this usage is never heard in daily speech.

• (because): bởi vì, do, vì, nhờ, từ

• Hồ Ngọc Đức, editor (2003), “bởi”, in Việt–Việt‎^[1] (DICT), Leipzig: Free Vietnamese Dictionary Project (details), archived from the original on 12 November 2024