hoài

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Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Adverb

hoài (reduplication hoài hoài)

  1. (chiefly Central Vietnam, Southern Vietnam) ceaselessly, constantly, all the time
    Synonym: mãi
    • 2005, Nguyễn Ngọc Tư, "Ơi Cải về đâu" (in Cánh đồng bất tận), Trẻ publishing house
      Rồi nó nghẹn ngào, "Còn tui, người ta đã quăng ở đây mười tám năm, tui chờ hoài mà có ai tìm đâu…"
      Then she said in a choked voice, "And me, they left me here eighteen years ago; I've been waiting forever but nobody has come looking for me…"

Verb

hoài

  1. to waste; to do in vain