hồi

See also: hoi, hói, hỏi, hơi, hội, Hợi, and hoʻi

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 回.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

hồi

time, moment, part of one's life
- 2005, Nguyễn Ngọc Tư, "Biển người mênh mông" (in Cánh đồng bất tận), Trẻ publishing house
  Ông kể, hồi trẻ, ông toàn sống trên sông, ông có chiếc ghe, hai vợ chồng lang thang xứ nầy xứ nọ.
  He told that, in his youth, he always lived on the river; he had a junk and he and his wife would roam from one place to the other.

Verb

hồi

(chiefly in compounds) to return

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