rơi

See also: Appendix:Variations of "roi"

Vietnamese

Etymology

From Proto-Austroasiatic *rə:j (scatter, sprinkle).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [zəːj˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʐəːj˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ɹəːj˧˧]
  • Homophone: dơi (Northern Vietnam)
  • Audio (Saigon):(file)

Verb

rơi • (, 𢯦, )

  1. to fall (from a height)
    Synonym: rớt
    mưa rơirain falls
  2. to fall (to occur, to happen)
    Sinh nhật tôi rơi vào thứ hai.My birthday falls on Monday.
  3. to fall (to arrive through chance, fate)
    Số phận rơi vào tay của tổng thống.Fate falls into the hand of the president.
  4. to fall to become ensnared or entrapped; to be worse off than before
    rơi vào nợ nầnto fall into debts

Derived terms

See also

  • ngã (to fall due to lack of balance)