hiếm hoi

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Vietnamese

Etymology

-oi reduplication (A tone) of hiếm.

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [hiəm˧˦ hɔj˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [hiəm˦˧˥ hɔj˧˧]
(Saigon) IPA^(key): [him˦˥ hɔj˧˧]

Adjective

hiếm hoi

having few or no children (after being married for a long time); sterile
rare; infrequently encountered

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