gởi

See also: goi, Goi, gói, gối, gōi, gỏi, gọi, gội, go'i, gồi, and gợi

Vietnamese

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *p-kəːs (“to entrust; to send”), from Proto-Mon-Khmer *(b)kəl() ~ *(b)kəəls (“to give; to make over”); cognate with Arem /pakəːjˀ/, Mon ကဵု (kɒ, “to give”), Khmer ប្រគល់ (brâkôl, “to hand over”).

Alternatively, a non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 寄 (SV: kí).

Pronunciation

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

Verb

gởi

(Central Vietnam, Southern Vietnam, transitive) to send; to send in
gởi đơn xin ân xá
to send in a plea of amnesty

Synonyms

(to send): gửi

References

"gởi" in Hồ Ngọc Đức, Free Vietnamese Dictionary Project (details)

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