đoài

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 兌, which is typically read as đoái.

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɗwaːj˨˩]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɗwaːj˦˩]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔɗwaːj˨˩]

Noun

đoài

(Taoism, cosmology) the second trigram (☱) of the eight trigrams (representing marsh, metal, southeast and then west).
(obsolete, archaic) west
- Võ Thanh An, Quả Ngọt Cuối Mùa, line 7
  Nom đoài rồi lại ngắm đông
  Looking to the west then to the east

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