hôi
Pronunciation
Northern
/hoj˧˧/
Central
/hoj˧˥/
Southern
/hoj˧˧/
smelly; foul
2 senses
Adjective
smelly; foul
Verb
to loot
Details
2 senses
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Details
2 senses
Adjective
Sense 1
Adjective
smelly; foul
Properties & States
Smelly describes an unpleasant or foul odor that gives a strong and unclean impression to anyone nearby.
vi Đôi giày này đã bắt đầu có mùi hôi.
en These shoes have started to become smelly.
Verb
Sense 2
Verb
to loot
To loot means to steal property from others during a time of crisis, disaster, or confusion.
vi Một số người đã hôi của sau vụ tai nạn.
en Some people looted goods after the accident.
Form
Chinese characters / chữ Nôm / syllables
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Form
Chinese characters / chữ Nôm / syllables
Chinese characters
Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
灰
Candidates by syllable
hôi
灰（洃 / 𦤠）
Bold marks a representative candidate assembled from per-syllable character mappings. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. It is not necessarily a source-aligned spelling for the whole word.