xuôi

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [suəj˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [suj˧˧]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [suj˧˧]

Adjective

xuôi

in the "usual", "expected" or "conforming" direction
thuận buồm xuôi gió
smooth sailing
(literally, “the sail is following the wind flow”)

miền xuôi và miền ngược
the lowlands and the highlands
(literally, “the regular, flat region and the region to which you have to climb up against gravity”)

Verb

xuôi

(literary) to go with the flow

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