cởi

See also: Appendix:Variations of "coi"

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

  • (North Central Vietnam) cổi

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 解 (“to loosen; to untie; to unfasten; etc.”, SV: giải).

Its velar initial and rime suggest it was borrowed from a post-Old Chinese but pre-Middle Chinese layer; meanwhile, hỏi-tone, instead of expected **sắc typical of early loans, hints that its ancestor retained the meanings of tone-B 解 yet acquired the reading of tone-C 解 (“to pawn, to mortgage; to introduce a scholar to the imperial palace; to send under escort; etc.”) (see thính, tỉnh, sảnh, etc. for analogies).

Pronunciation

Verb

cởi • (𢶒, 襘)

  1. (clothing) to take off
    Antonyms: mặc, đi, mang, đeo
    cởi quần ― to take off one's trousers
  2. to untie (a rope constraint)
    cởi trói ― to untie
  3. to undo (a knot)
    Synonym: gỡ
    cởi nút ― to undo a knot

Derived terms

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