hí hoáy

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Reduplication of hoáy, whence also loáy hoáy. Likely related also to hoay (obsolete), whence loay hoay.[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [hi˧˦ hwaj˧˦]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [hɪj˨˩˦ hwaj˨˩˦]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [hɪj˦˥ waj˦˥]

Verb

hí hoáy

  1. to be busy (on manual tasks); to fiddle with; to scribble
    hí hoáy ghi chép ― to jot down notes

References

  1. ^ Rev. An-tôn Trần Gia Kiệm (2004) “Hoáy”, in Giúp đọc Nôm và Hán-Việt, page 461
  2. ^ Rev. An-tôn Trần Gia Kiệm (2004) “Loay”, in Giúp đọc Nôm và Hán-Việt, page 546
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