đợi

See also: Appendix:Variations of "doi"

Vietnamese

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 待 (“to wait for”, SV: đãi).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɗəːj˧˨ʔ]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɗəːj˨˩ʔ]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔɗəːj˨˩˨]

Verb

đợi • (𫁧)

1. to wait for, to await

   Hãy đợi đấy! ― Well, Just You Wait! (a cartoon series by Soyuzmultfilm)

   • 1820, Nguyễn Du (阮攸), Truyện Kiều (傳翹) [The Tale of Kieu], Liễu Văn Ðường edition, published 1866, lines 553-554:

     管包𣎃待𢆥徐
     擬𠊛咹𩙌𦣰湄㤕忱

     Quản bao tháng đợi, năm chờ,
     Nghĩ người ăn gió, nằm mưa, xót thầm.

     I care not how many months and years I must wait, my heart will follow you wherever you go. Oh, my dear! I already suffer at the thought that you are going to be exposed to winds and rains.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• chờ đợi
• mong đợi
• ngóng đợi

 

See also

• chờ