đời

See also: Appendix:Variations of "doi"

Vietnamese

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 代 (“generation”, SV: đại).

Pronunciation

Noun

(classifier cuộc) đời • (𠁀)

  1. a lifetime; compare cuộc sống (activities in life or daily life)
    chán đời ― to be sick of life
  2. generation (of people)
    Hypernym: thế hệ (“generation (of other things also)”)
    Đời cha ăn mặn, đời con khát nước.
    The father's generation eats too much salty food and the child's generation ends up thirsty.
  3. the world of the living, the mortal plane
    • 2001, Chu Lai, Cuộc đời dài lắm, NXB Văn học, page 12:
      Gần hai mươi năm sống trên đời, đây là lần thứ hai anh khóc, […]
      In the about twenty years of his life in this world, this was the second time he cried, […]

Derived terms
Derived terms

Classifier

đời

  1. indicates a phase of life
    Cô lấy hai đời chồng.
    She married twice.
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