đố kị

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 妒忌.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɗo˧˦ ki˧˨ʔ]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɗow˨˩˦ kɪj˨˩ʔ]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɗow˦˥ kɪj˨˩˨]

Verb

đố kị

  1. to be envious
    • 2001, Chu Lai, Cuộc đời dài lắm, NXB Văn học, page 202:
      Anh càng làm tốt, họ càng đố kị, anh càng sống thẳng anh càng có thêm kẻ thù.
      The more he did well, the more they grew envious; the more upright he lived, the more enemies he had.
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