đời

See also: Appendix:Variations of "doi"

Vietnamese

Etymology

    Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 代 (“generation”, SV: đại).

    Pronunciation

    • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɗəːj˨˩]
    • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɗəːj˦˩]
    • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɗəːj˨˩]
    • Audio (Hà Nội):(file)

    Noun

    (classifier cuộc) đời • (𠁀, 代, 𫢫)

    1. a lifetime; compare cuộc sống (activities in life or daily life)
      trọn đời ― all of one's life
    2. generation (of people)
      Hypernym: thế hệ (“generation (of other things also)”)
    3. the world of the living, the mortal plane
      trên đời ― in this world
      • 2001, Chu Lai, Cuộc đời dài lắm, NXB Văn học, page 12:
        Gần hai mươi năm sống trên đời, đây là lần thứ hai anh khóc, […]
        In the about twenty years of his life in this world, this was the second time he cried, […]

    Derived terms

    Classifier

    đời

    1. indicates a phase of life
      Cô lấy hai đời chồng.
      She married twice.
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