hoài

See also: hoai, Hoài, hoái, and hoại

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Adverb

hoài (reduplication hoài hoài)

  1. (chiefly Central Vietnam, Southern Vietnam) ceaselessly, constantly, all the time
    • 2005, Nguyễn Ngọc Tư, “Ơi Cải về đâu”, in Cánh đồng bất tận, Trẻ Publishing House:
      Rồi nó nghẹn ngào, "Còn tui, người ta đã quăng ở đây mười tám năm, tui chờ hoài mà có ai tìm đâu…"
      Then she said in a choked voice, "And me, they left me here eighteen years ago; I've been waiting forever but nobody has come looking for me…"
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Etymology 2

Verb

hoài • (怀, 懷)

  1. to waste; to do in vain
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Etymology 3

Romanization

hoài

  1. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 怀
  2. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 褢
  3. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 𪊉
  4. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 淭
  5. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 毬
  6. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 淮
  7. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 褱
  8. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 櫰
  9. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 耲
  10. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 懷
  11. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 䃶
Derived terms

See also

  • Hoài Đức

References

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