đợi

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Vietnamese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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.

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