đọi
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Definition
- Noun:
- Bowl: A small bowl, typically used for eating rice or drinking liquids in some regional dialects of Vietnam. It is a specific type of eating vessel.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Mua mấy cái đọi mới về. (Buy some new bowls to bring home.)
- Uống nước bằng đọi. (Drink water with a bowl.)
Advanced Usage
- The word "đọi" is considered a regional or dialectal term and is less common in standard modern Vietnamese, where "bát" is the more universal word for bowl.
- It appears in fixed, proverbial expressions that critique a person's capability.
Variants and Related Words
- Bát (n): The standard, more common word for "bowl" in Vietnamese.
- Chén (n): A small cup or bowl, often for tea or dipping sauce.
Synonyms
- Bowl: A round, open dish used for food or liquid.
Related Idioms
- Ăn không nên đọi, nói không nên lời: An idiom describing someone as utterly incapable or good-for-nothing, literally "cannot manage to eat from a bowl, cannot manage to speak a proper word."
- Hắn ta thật là ăn không nên đọi, nói không nên lời. (He is truly good-for-nothing.)