đội

See also: đói, đòi, đồi, đỗi, đổi, đời, đợi, and Đội

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese word from 隊 (“team, group”).

Noun

đội

team

Derived terms

đội đồng ca (“choir”)
quân đội

Etymology 2

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *dulʔ ~ *duul() ~ *duəl() (“to carry on head”); cognate with Eastern Mnong duôl (“to carry on head”), Khmer ទូល (tuul, “to carry on head”), Central Nicobarese òl-tōl (“carry on the head”), Car Nicobarese ha-tul (“to carry on one's head or shoulders”).

Verb

đội

to carry on one's head
to wear, to put on (only used with pieces of headwear)
Nhớ đội nón bảo hiểm khi ra đường nha.
Remember to wear helmet when you're on the road.

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