ôi

See also: Appendix:Variations of "oi"

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔoj˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔoj˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔoj˧˧]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *sʔuj. Cognate with Mon သ္အဲု (ui, “to be rotten, putrid”) and Khmer ស្អុយ (sʼoy, “putrid, to stink”).

Adjective

ôi • (𦞏)

1. tainted (meat), putrid (flesh)

   thịt ôi ― spoiled meat

Etymology 2

Onomatopoeic.

Interjection

ôi! • (隈, 喂, 偎)

1. oh
2. alas

Derived terms

• eo ôi
• hỡi ôi
• ôi chao
• ôi chúa ơi
• ôi dồi ôi
• ôi trời
• than ôi