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đồi

Level ≈A2 (approx.) noun Top 3,000 most common
Hanoi [ʔɗoj˨˩]Huế [ʔɗoj˦˩]Saigon [ʔɗoj˨˩] browser voice
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đồifallinghuyền

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đồi means hill.

Classifier: ngọn, con, quả — e.g. một ngọn đồi (one hill)

Meanings of đồi in English

Noun

  1. hill (elevated location)

Words with đồi

đồi nãođồi mồiđồi truỵ

Example sentences with đồi

  • Tụi nó đã đứng trên đỉnh đồi. They stood on the top of the hill.
  • Tụi nó dùng lại trên đỉnh đồi. They stood on the top of the hill.
  • Chỗ Ziri ở có lắm đồi. The area Ziri lives in is very hilly.
  • Họ chiêm ngưỡng cảnh đẹp từ ngọn đồi. They admired the fine view from the hill.
  • Ziri đang ở cuối đồi. Ziri was at the bottom of the hill.
  • Tom lái chiếc xe tải của anh ta lên ngọn đồi. Tom drove his truck up the hill.
  • Có một ngôi làng ở giữa dòng sông và ngọn đồi. There is a village between the river and the hill.
  • Đất nước của chúng tôi không có núi, chỉ có đồi. Our country doesn't have any mountains, only hills.

Bilingual example sentences from Tatoeba (tatoeba.org, CC BY 2.0 FR).

Historical script (chữ Nôm / Hán)

Before the Latin alphabet (chữ Quốc ngữ) became standard, đồi could be written as 岱, 堆, 𡑖, 𡾫. Today Vietnamese is written only in the Latin alphabet.

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *doːl, from Proto-Austroasiatic *doːl ~ *duəl (“hill, mound”). Cognate with Muong Bi tồl, Khmer ទួល (tuəl), Old Mon dal (“hill”) (whence Mon ဒဵု (tɜ̀)), Western Katu dɔːl ("back of mountain"), Minriq tol ("mountain").

Frequently asked questions

What does đồi mean in English?

đồi (noun) means "hill".

How do you pronounce đồi?

IPA: Hanoi [ʔɗoj˨˩]; Saigon [ʔɗoj˨˩]. Tones: đồi — falling tone (huyền).

What classifier is used with đồi?

Common classifiers: ngọn, con, quả — for example "một ngọn đồi" (one hill).

Meanings, pronunciation and etymology from English Wiktionary (wiktionary.org, via kaikki.org; CC BY-SA 4.0), reviewed and edited; example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). IPA shown for three accents: Hanoi (Northern), Huế (Central) and Saigon (Southern). The Listen button uses your browser's Vietnamese voice, for reference only. Levels are approximate, estimated from word frequency. Spotted a mistake? Let NgonNgu know.