mới
See also: moi, MOI, möi, mời, mọi, mỗi, mo'i, and mōʻī
Vietnamese
Etymology
From Proto-Vietic *ɓəːjʔ. Unrelated to Thai ใหม่ (mài) or Khmer ថ្មី (thməy).
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [məːj˧˦]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [məːj˨˩˦]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [məːj˦˥]
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Adjective
mới (㵋, 𡤓, 𪦲, 𡤔, 𬔫) (phonemic reduplicative mơi mới)
- new (recently made or created)
Derived terms
- đổi mới (“innovation, renovation”)
- mới tinh (“brand new”)
- mới mẻ (“freshly arrived”) (reduplication)
Particle
mới
- (colloquial, past marker) have just happened