Definition

Adverb: - Sometimes; occasionally; at times: Used to indicate that an action, event, or state occurs not regularly or all the time, but rather infrequently or intermittently.

Usage Examples

• Adverb:
  • Đôi khi tôi thích ở một mình. (Sometimes I like to be alone.)
  • Thời tiết ở đây đôi khi rất lạnh. (The weather here is occasionally very cold.)
  • Đôi khi cô ấy đến muộn. (At times, she arrives late.)

Advanced Usage

• Used to soften statements or express moderation, indicating an action is not the norm.
  • Đôi khi, thất bại lại là một bài học quý giá. (Sometimes, failure is a valuable lesson.)

Variants and Related Words

• Đôi lúc (adv): A direct synonym, meaning "sometimes" or "now and then."
  • Đôi lúc tôi tự hỏi về điều đó. (Now and then I wonder about that.)
• Thỉnh thoảng (adv): Occasionally, once in a while.
  • Chúng tôi thỉnh thoảng mới gặp nhau. (We only meet occasionally.)
• Đôi phen (adv, literary): On a few occasions; sometimes.
  • Đôi phen sóng gió. (Sometimes there are storms [figuratively, troubles].)

Synonyms

• Sometimes: On some occasions but not always.
• Occasionally: Now and then; infrequently.
• At times: On certain occasions.

Related Idioms and Phrases

• Đôi khi... đôi khi...: A correlative structure meaning "sometimes... sometimes..."
  • Đôi khi vui, đôi khi buồn. (Sometimes happy, sometimes sad.)

adv

1. (xem) đôi lúc sometimes, occasionally