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Vietnamese
Pronunciation
Noun
(classifier con) đòi • (隊)
- (obsolete, historical) maid; maidservant; abigail
- con đòi ― a maidservant
15th century, Nguyễn Trãi, “首尾吟 Thủ vĩ ngâm (A Dity of Head and Tail)”, in Quốc âm thi tập (國音詩集):昆隊遁楊埃眷- Con đòi trốn, dường ai quyến.
- The maid fled; meseems someone had enticed her.
Derived terms
Adjective
đòi • (隊)
- (obsolete) many, all
- Late 15th century, Tao Đàn nhị thập bát tú (Twenty-Eight Mansions of Tao Đàn), Hồng Đức Quốc Âm thi tập (Collection of Poem in the Nation's Language), folio 69b
唯唯隊㝹郡𦛌𦚐- Dói dói đòi nau quặn ruột rà.
- Sharp and keen are the guts' many twistings and writhings.
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Verb
đòi • (𠾕)
- to claim back, to demand, to ask, to require
- to summon, to subpoena
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