tòi

See also: Appendix:Variations of "toi"

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

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Verb

tòi • (推, 摧, 撮, 頺)

  1. (colloquial) to stick out; to emerge
    từ dưới nước tòi đầu lên ― to poke one's head out from underwater
    Synonyms: lòi, thò, thòi
  2. to be revealed, come to light; to leak out; to be forced out
    Nói mãi nó mới tòi ra mấy đồng.
    Only after much coaxing did he finally pull out a few coins.
    Synonym: són

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Combining form

tòi

  1. reduplicant of tìm, only used in tìm tòi

References

  • “tòi”, in Soha Tra Từ (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Vietnam Communications Corporation. Available under the Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike license.
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