đoài

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 兌, which is typically read as đoái.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɗwaːj˨˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɗwaːj˦˩]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔɗwaːj˨˩]

Noun

đoài

1. (Taoism, cosmology) the second trigram (☱) of the eight trigrams (representing marsh, metal, southeast and then west).
2. (obsolete, archaic) west
   • Võ Thanh An, Quả Ngọt Cuối Mùa, line 7

     Nom đoài rồi lại ngắm đông

     Looking to the west then to the east