"ngồi" meaning in Vietnamese

See ngồi in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: [ŋoj˨˩] [Hà-Nội], [ŋoj˦˩] [Huế], [ŋoj˨˩] (note: Saigon) Forms: [CJK], 𡎢 [CJK], 𡎥 [CJK], 𡎦 [CJK], 𡓮 [CJK], 𫮋 [CJK], 𱖗 [CJK], ngầu [alternative]
Etymology: From Proto-Vietic *ŋuːj (“to sit”), from Proto-Mon-Khmer *ŋguj (“to sit down”). Cognate with Arem ŋùəj ("to be at"), Khmer អង្គុយ (ʼɑɑʼɑngkuy, “to sit”) and Koho nggui. Etymology templates: {{inh|vi|mkh-vie-pro|*ŋuːj||to sit}} Proto-Vietic *ŋuːj (“to sit”), {{inh|vi|mkh-pro|*ŋguj||to sit down}} Proto-Mon-Khmer *ŋguj (“to sit down”), {{cog|aem|-}} Arem, {{cog|km|អង្គុយ||to sit}} Khmer អង្គុយ (ʼɑɑʼɑngkuy, “to sit”), {{cog|kpm|nggui}} Koho nggui Head templates: {{head|vi|verb|||head=|tr=外, 𡎢, 𡎥, 𡎦, 𡓮, 𫮋, 𱖗}} ngồi • (外, 𡎢, 𡎥, 𡎦, 𡓮, 𫮋, 𱖗), {{vi-verb|外, 𡎢, 𡎥, 𡎦, 𡓮, 𫮋, 𱖗}} ngồi • (外, 𡎢, 𡎥, 𡎦, 𡓮, 𫮋, 𱖗)
  1. to sit
    Sense id: en-ngồi-vi-verb-XSeCVgAL Categories (other): Vietnamese terms with collocations
  2. (figurative) to be somewhere for a long period of time Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-ngồi-vi-verb-XTF7c6yf Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Vietnamese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 46 4 48 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 38 3 58 2 Disambiguation of Vietnamese entries with incorrect language header: 13 85 2
  3. (figurative) to hold a position Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-ngồi-vi-verb-bwLPVicn
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: đứng ngồi, ngồi bẹp, ngồi chồm hỗm, ngồi xổm Related terms: xếp bằng
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "đứng ngồi"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "ngồi bẹp"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "ngồi chồm hỗm"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "ngồi xổm"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vi",
        "2": "mkh-vie-pro",
        "3": "*ŋuːj",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to sit"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Vietic *ŋuːj (“to sit”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vi",
        "2": "mkh-pro",
        "3": "*ŋguj",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to sit down"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Mon-Khmer *ŋguj (“to sit down”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "aem",
        "2": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Arem",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "km",
        "2": "អង្គុយ",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to sit"
      },
      "expansion": "Khmer អង្គុយ (ʼɑɑʼɑngkuy, “to sit”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kpm",
        "2": "nggui"
      },
      "expansion": "Koho nggui",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Vietic *ŋuːj (“to sit”), from Proto-Mon-Khmer *ŋguj (“to sit down”). Cognate with Arem ŋùəj (\"to be at\"), Khmer អង្គុយ (ʼɑɑʼɑngkuy, “to sit”) and Koho nggui.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "外",
      "tags": [
        "CJK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "𡎢",
      "tags": [
        "CJK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "𡎥",
      "tags": [
        "CJK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "𡎦",
      "tags": [
        "CJK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "𡓮",
      "tags": [
        "CJK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "𫮋",
      "tags": [
        "CJK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "𱖗",
      "tags": [
        "CJK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ngầu",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vi",
        "2": "verb",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "head": "",
        "tr": "外, 𡎢, 𡎥, 𡎦, 𡓮, 𫮋, 𱖗"
      },
      "expansion": "ngồi • (外, 𡎢, 𡎥, 𡎦, 𡓮, 𫮋, 𱖗)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "外, 𡎢, 𡎥, 𡎦, 𡓮, 𫮋, 𱖗"
      },
      "expansion": "ngồi • (外, 𡎢, 𡎥, 𡎦, 𡓮, 𫮋, 𱖗)",
      "name": "vi-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Vietnamese",
  "lang_code": "vi",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "xếp bằng"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Vietnamese terms with collocations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with collocations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              4
            ]
          ],
          "english": "to sit around idly",
          "text": "ngồi không",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to sit"
      ],
      "id": "en-ngồi-vi-verb-XSeCVgAL",
      "links": [
        [
          "sit",
          "sit"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "46 4 48 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "38 3 58 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "13 85 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Vietnamese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              4
            ]
          ],
          "english": "to be in prison",
          "text": "ngồi nhà đá",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to be somewhere for a long period of time"
      ],
      "id": "en-ngồi-vi-verb-XTF7c6yf",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) to be somewhere for a long period of time"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              4
            ]
          ],
          "english": "to be the prime minister",
          "text": "ngồi ghế thủ tướng",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to hold a position"
      ],
      "id": "en-ngồi-vi-verb-bwLPVicn",
      "links": [
        [
          "hold",
          "hold"
        ],
        [
          "position",
          "position"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) to hold a position"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ŋoj˨˩]",
      "tags": [
        "Hà-Nội"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ŋoj˦˩]",
      "tags": [
        "Huế"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ŋoj˨˩]",
      "note": "Saigon"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ngồi"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Vietnamese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Vietnamese lemmas",
    "Vietnamese terms derived from Proto-Mon-Khmer",
    "Vietnamese terms derived from Proto-Vietic",
    "Vietnamese terms inherited from Proto-Mon-Khmer",
    "Vietnamese terms inherited from Proto-Vietic",
    "Vietnamese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Vietnamese verbs"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "đứng ngồi"
    },
    {
      "word": "ngồi bẹp"
    },
    {
      "word": "ngồi chồm hỗm"
    },
    {
      "word": "ngồi xổm"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vi",
        "2": "mkh-vie-pro",
        "3": "*ŋuːj",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to sit"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Vietic *ŋuːj (“to sit”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vi",
        "2": "mkh-pro",
        "3": "*ŋguj",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to sit down"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Mon-Khmer *ŋguj (“to sit down”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "aem",
        "2": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Arem",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "km",
        "2": "អង្គុយ",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to sit"
      },
      "expansion": "Khmer អង្គុយ (ʼɑɑʼɑngkuy, “to sit”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kpm",
        "2": "nggui"
      },
      "expansion": "Koho nggui",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Vietic *ŋuːj (“to sit”), from Proto-Mon-Khmer *ŋguj (“to sit down”). Cognate with Arem ŋùəj (\"to be at\"), Khmer អង្គុយ (ʼɑɑʼɑngkuy, “to sit”) and Koho nggui.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "外",
      "tags": [
        "CJK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "𡎢",
      "tags": [
        "CJK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "𡎥",
      "tags": [
        "CJK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "𡎦",
      "tags": [
        "CJK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "𡓮",
      "tags": [
        "CJK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "𫮋",
      "tags": [
        "CJK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "𱖗",
      "tags": [
        "CJK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ngầu",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vi",
        "2": "verb",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "head": "",
        "tr": "外, 𡎢, 𡎥, 𡎦, 𡓮, 𫮋, 𱖗"
      },
      "expansion": "ngồi • (外, 𡎢, 𡎥, 𡎦, 𡓮, 𫮋, 𱖗)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "外, 𡎢, 𡎥, 𡎦, 𡓮, 𫮋, 𱖗"
      },
      "expansion": "ngồi • (外, 𡎢, 𡎥, 𡎦, 𡓮, 𫮋, 𱖗)",
      "name": "vi-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Vietnamese",
  "lang_code": "vi",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "xếp bằng"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Vietnamese terms with collocations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              4
            ]
          ],
          "english": "to sit around idly",
          "text": "ngồi không",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to sit"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sit",
          "sit"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Vietnamese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              4
            ]
          ],
          "english": "to be in prison",
          "text": "ngồi nhà đá",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to be somewhere for a long period of time"
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) to be somewhere for a long period of time"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Vietnamese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              4
            ]
          ],
          "english": "to be the prime minister",
          "text": "ngồi ghế thủ tướng",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to hold a position"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "hold",
          "hold"
        ],
        [
          "position",
          "position"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) to hold a position"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ŋoj˨˩]",
      "tags": [
        "Hà-Nội"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ŋoj˦˩]",
      "tags": [
        "Huế"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ŋoj˨˩]",
      "note": "Saigon"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ngồi"
}

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