tìm tòi

Vietnamese

Etymology

-oi reduplication (A tone) of tìm.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [tim˨˩ tɔj˨˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [tim˦˩ tɔj˦˩]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [tim˨˩ tɔj˨˩]

Verb

tìm tòi

  1. to look (for); to search (meticulously); to research; to investigate (generally speaking)