đoài

Vietnamese

Etymology

    Sino-Vietnamese word from 兌, which is typically read as đoái.

    Pronunciation

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

    Noun

    đoài

    1. (Taoism, cosmology) the second trigram (☱) of the eight trigrams (representing marsh, metal, southeast and then west).
    2. (obsolete, archaic) west
      • Võ Thanh An, Quả Ngọt Cuối Mùa, line 7
        Nom đoài rồi lại ngắm đông
        Looking to the west then to the east
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