đời
Appearance
See also: Appendix:Variations of "doi"
Vietnamese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 代 (“generation”, SV: đại).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɗəːj˨˩]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɗəːj˦˩]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɗəːj˨˩]
Audio (Hà Nội): (file)
Noun
[edit]- a lifetime; compare cuộc sống (activities in life or daily life)
- chán đời ― to be sick of life
- generation (of people)
- Hypernym: thế hệ (“generation (of other things also)”)
- Đời cha ăn mặn, đời con khát nước.
- The father's generation eats too much salty food and the child's generation ends up thirsty.
- the world of the living, the mortal plane
- 2001, Chu Lai, Cuộc đời dài lắm, NXB Văn học, page 12:
- Gần hai mươi năm sống trên đời, đây là lần thứ hai anh khóc, […]
- In the about twenty years of his life in this world, this was the second time he cried, […]
Derived terms
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Classifier
[edit]đời
- indicates a phase of life
- Cô lấy hai đời chồng.
- She married twice.