đố kị

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

đố kỵ

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 妒忌.

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɗo˧˦ ki˧˨ʔ]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɗow˨˩˦ kɪj˨˩ʔ]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔɗow˦˥ kɪj˨˩˨]

Verb

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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