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rơi

Level ≈A1 (approx.) verb Top 1,000 most common
Hanoi [zəːj˧˧]Huế [ʐəːj˧˧]Saigon [ɹəːj˧˧] browser voice
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rơi means to fall.

Meanings of rơi in English

Verb

  1. to fall (from a height) ≈ rớt
    • mưa rơirain falls
  2. to fall (to occur, to happen)
    • Sinh nhật tôi rơi vào thứ hai.My birthday falls on Monday.
  3. to fall (to arrive through chance, fate)
    • Số phận rơi vào tay của tổng thống.Fate falls into the hand of the president.
  4. to fall to become ensnared or entrapped; to be worse off than before
    • rơi vào nợ nầnto fall into debts

Words with rơi

bỏ rơirơi rớtrơi rụngtờ rơi

Example sentences with rơi

  • Mary làm rơi bút chì của cô. Mary dropped her pencil.
  • Mưa rơi tí tách trên cửa sổ. The rain pattered against the window.
  • Kính của bạn đã rơi trên sàn. Your glasses fell on the floor.
  • Tôi đánh rơi bút chì của mình. I dropped my pencil.
  • Tấm kính rơi xuống nhưng không vỡ. The glass fell but it did not break.
  • Mưa không rơi từ mặt đất. Rain does not fall from the ground.
  • Tuyết bắt đầu rơi rồi đấy. It's started snowing.
  • Tuyết rơi từ thứ 2 đến thứ 6. It snowed from Monday to Friday.

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, rơi could be written as 淶, 𢯦, 利. Today Vietnamese is written only in the Latin alphabet.

Etymology

From Proto-Austroasiatic *rə:j (“scatter, sprinkle”).

Frequently asked questions

What does rơi mean in English?

rơi (verb) means "to fall".

How do you pronounce rơi?

IPA: Hanoi [zəːj˧˧]; Saigon [ɹəːj˧˧]. Tones: rơi — level tone (ngang).

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.