tụ hội

Vietnamese

Etymology

    Sino-Vietnamese word from 聚會.

    Pronunciation

    • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [tu˧˨ʔ hoj˧˨ʔ]
    • (Huế) IPA(key): [tʊw˨˩ʔ hoj˨˩ʔ]
    • (Saigon) IPA(key): [tʊw˨˩˨ hoj˨˩˨]

    Verb

    tụ hội

    1. (intransitive) to gather; to get together, to meet together
      Synonym: tụ họp
      • 1941, Tô Hoài, chapter 1, in Dế Mèn phiêu lưu ký:
        […] ai nấy ra khỏi hang, đến tụ hội thật đông tận giữa bãi trong đêm tối mát lạnh […]
        […] everybody came out of their holes and we gathered to form a crowd in the middle of the field during the chilly night […]
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