cởi

See also: coi, COI, còi, cối, and co'i

Vietnamese

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 解 (“to disengage”, SV: giải).

Pronunciation

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

Verb

cởi • (𢶷)

(clothing) to take off
Antonyms: mặc, đi, mang, đeo

cởi quần ― to take off your trousers
to untie (a rope constraint)
cởi trói ― to untie
to undo (a knot)
Synonym: gỡ

cởi nút ― to undo a knot

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