vợi

See also: Appendix:Variations of "voi"

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [vəːj˧˨ʔ]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [vəːj˨˩ʔ]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [vəːj˨˩˨] ~ [jəːj˨˩˨]

Adjective

vợi (diminutive reduplication vời vợi)

  1. too high or distant to be made out clearly
    Synonym: vòi vọi
    • 1978, Chu Lai, chapter 1, in Nắng đồng bằng, NXB Quân đội Nhân dân:
      Linh ngẩng lên: chỉ thấy đôi mắt ấy vời vợi một điều gì chưa nói…
      Linh raised his head: he only saw those two eyes with something indistinct and distant and unsaid…
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