hiếm hoi

Vietnamese

Etymology

-oi reduplication (A tone) of hiếm.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [hiəm˧˦ hɔj˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [hiəm˦˧˥ hɔj˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [him˦˥ hɔj˧˧]

Adjective

hiếm hoi

  1. having few or no children (after being married for a long time); sterile
  2. rare; infrequently encountered
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