đòi

See also: Appendix:Variations of "doi"

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Noun

(classifier con) đòi • (隊)

  1. (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
Derived terms
  • tôi đòi

Adjective

đòi • (隊)

  1. (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.

See also
Derived terms
  • đòi phen

Verb

đòi • (𠾕)

  1. to claim back, to demand, to ask, to require
  2. to summon, to subpoena

See also
Derived terms
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