xuôi

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [suəj˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [suj˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [suj˧˧]

Adjective

xuôi • (𠀿)

1. in the "usual", "expected" or "conforming" direction

   thuận buồm xuôi gió

   smooth sailing

   (literally, “the sail is following the wind flow”)

   miền xuôi và miền ngược

   the lowlands and the highlands

   (literally, “the regular, flat region and the region to which you have to climb up against gravity”)

Verb

xuôi • (𣵶)

1. (literary) to go with the flow