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Vietnamese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Verb
xoay
- to turn; to swivel
- xoay ốc vào chốt ― to lead a screw in a bolt
- (figurative) to take pains
- Nhà nó nghèo, phải xoay đủ mọi nghề tìm kế sinh nhai. ― Because the boy was born with poverty, he must take pains to make a slightest living with dozens of occupations.
- (by extension, colloquial) to manage to obtain something scarce
- Người ta xếp hàng dài cho buổi hoà nhạc, tao xoay vé mãi mới được đấy. ― A huge number of attendants were lining up for the concert, but I managed to take hold of the tickets at last.
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Noun
(classifier cây) xoay
- Dialium cochinchinense