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nơi

Level ≈A1 (approx.) nounpronoun Top 1,000 most common
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nơilevelngang

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nơi means place.

Classifier: cái — e.g. một cái nơi (one place)

Meanings of nơi in English

Noun

  1. place ≈ chỗchốn
    • ở nơi công cộngin public spaces
    • nơi ởresidence
  2. rare Used to refer to (without explicitly stating) a romantic partner whom someone wants to marry.

Pronoun

  1. where
    • Đó là nơi tôi lớn lên.That's where I grew up.

Words with nơi

đến nơiđến nơi đến chốnkhắp nơinơi chốnnơi nơinơi sinh

Example sentences with nơi

  • Nó có xa nơi đây không ? Is it far from here?
  • Đó là nơi tôi đã lớn lên. That's where I grew up.
  • Tôi muốn biết nơi Tom đã đến. I wonder where Tom went.
  • Đừng nói với họ nơi cậu sống. Don't tell them where you live.
  • Nơi này trông có vẻ quen quen. This place looks familiar.
  • Ngôi làng nơi tôi sống rất nhỏ. The village I live in is very small.
  • Ziri tránh Rima ở nơi công cộng. Ziri avoided Rima in public.
  • Nó đã tìm nơi để ngủ. He looked for a place in which to sleep.

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, nơi could be written as 坭, 尼. Today Vietnamese is written only in the Latin alphabet.

Frequently asked questions

What does nơi mean in English?

nơi (noun) means "place".

How do you pronounce nơi?

IPA: Hanoi [nəːj˧˧]; Saigon [nəːj˧˧]. Tones: nơi — level tone (ngang).

What classifier is used with nơi?

Common classifiers: cái — for example "một cái nơi" (one place).

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.