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

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