"xoay" meaning in Vietnamese

See xoay in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [swaj˧˧] [Hà-Nội], [swaj˧˧] [Huế], [s⁽ʷ⁾aj˧˧] (note: Saigon) Audio: LL-Q9199 (vie)-Jessica Nguyen (Pamputt)-xoay.wav Forms: cây [classifier]
Head templates: {{head|vi|noun|||head=|tr=}} xoay, {{vi-noun|cls=cây}} (classifier cây) xoay
  1. Dialium cochinchinense
    Sense id: en-xoay-vi-noun-wTAbcKSB
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: [swaj˧˧] [Hà-Nội], [swaj˧˧] [Huế], [s⁽ʷ⁾aj˧˧] (note: Saigon) Audio: LL-Q9199 (vie)-Jessica Nguyen (Pamputt)-xoay.wav
Head templates: {{head|vi|verb|||head=|tr=}} xoay, {{vi-verb}} xoay
  1. to turn; to swivel
    Sense id: en-xoay-vi-verb-yeus23zY
  2. (figurative) to take pains Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-xoay-vi-verb-HjY75dMh Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Vietnamese entries with incorrect language header, Vietnamese nouns classified by cây Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 9 4 84 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 19 3 76 2 Disambiguation of Vietnamese entries with incorrect language header: 17 11 66 6 Disambiguation of Vietnamese nouns classified by cây: 16 21 40 22
  3. (by extension, colloquial) to manage to obtain something scarce Tags: broadly, colloquial
    Sense id: en-xoay-vi-verb-FoxBSsEr
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: xoay xở
Etymology number: 1
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          "_dis": "19 3 76 2",
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          "_dis": "17 11 66 6",
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          "_dis": "16 21 40 22",
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      ],
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          ],
          "english": "Because the boy was born with poverty, he must take pains to make a slightest living with dozens of occupations.",
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          "type": "example"
        }
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            [
              45,
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            ]
          ],
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          "text": "Người ta xếp hàng dài cho buổi hoà nhạc, tao xoay vé mãi mới được đấy.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "to manage to obtain something scarce"
      ],
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          "manage"
        ],
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          "obtain",
          "obtain"
        ],
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          "scarce",
          "scarce"
        ]
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        "(by extension, colloquial) to manage to obtain something scarce"
      ],
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        "broadly",
        "colloquial"
      ]
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      "tags": [
        "Hà-Nội"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[swaj˧˧]",
      "tags": [
        "Huế"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[s⁽ʷ⁾aj˧˧]",
      "note": "Saigon"
    },
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    }
  ],
  "word": "xoay"
}

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      ]
    }
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      "tags": [
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        "to turn; to swivel"
      ],
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          "swivel",
          "swivel"
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          "text": "Nhà nó nghèo, phải xoay đủ mọi nghề tìm kế sinh nhai.",
          "type": "example"
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        "to take pains"
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              45,
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          ],
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          "text": "Người ta xếp hàng dài cho buổi hoà nhạc, tao xoay vé mãi mới được đấy.",
          "type": "example"
        }
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        "to manage to obtain something scarce"
      ],
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        ],
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          "obtain",
          "obtain"
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          "scarce"
        ]
      ],
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        "(by extension, colloquial) to manage to obtain something scarce"
      ],
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        "broadly",
        "colloquial"
      ]
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      "ipa": "[swaj˧˧]",
      "tags": [
        "Hà-Nội"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "[swaj˧˧]",
      "tags": [
        "Huế"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[s⁽ʷ⁾aj˧˧]",
      "note": "Saigon"
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