khỏi

Vietnamese

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [xɔj˧˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [kʰɔj˧˨] ~ [xɔj˧˨]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [kʰɔj˨˩˦] ~ [xɔj˨˩˦]

Verb

khỏi • (塊)

1. not to have to do something
2. (intransitive) to recover from, or be cured of (sickness)
3. (transitive) to avoid; to shun; to escape; to evade; to keep away from; to refrain from; to save (from)
4. (intransitive, after a verb) to leave (from); to separate (from); to cut off (from)

Derived terms

Derived terms

• áo mặc không qua khỏi đầu
• chạy chẳng khỏi trời
• khỏi phải nói
• khỏi vòng cong đuôi
• ra khỏi
• rời khỏi
• tai qua nạn khỏi

 

Adverb

khỏi

1. (after a verb denoting the result of an action) away from; out of