thôi

See also: thối, thổi, and thời

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [tʰoj˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [tʰoj˧˧]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [tʰoj˧˧]

Noun

thôi

a long while

Verb

thôi

to stop (forever); to cease; to discontinue; to quit
- 1957, Đoàn Giỏi, Đất rừng phương Nam, Kim Đồng publishing house, chapter 2
  Thấy tôi không muốn nói, bà ta cũng thôi không hỏi.
  Seeing that I didn't want to tell, she also stopped asking.

Interjection

thôi

that's all (used to end a subject); that's it; enough

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