hối
Pronunciation
Northern
/hoj˧˥/
Central
/ho̰j˩˧/
Southern
/hoj˧˥/
to urge
2 senses
Verb
to urge
Verb
to repent
Details
2 senses
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Details
2 senses
Sense 1
Verb
to urge
Core Actions
To urge is to try earnestly or persistently to persuade someone to do something quickly.
vi Mẹ hối tôi đi ngủ sớm để sáng mai dậy đúng giờ.
en My mother urged me to go to bed early to wake up on time tomorrow.
Sense 2
Verb
to repent
To repent is to feel or express sincere regret or remorse about one's wrongdoing or sin.
vi Anh ta đã thực sự hối về những lỗi lầm trong quá khứ.
en He truly repented for his mistakes in the past.
Form
Chinese characters / chữ Nôm / syllables
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Form
Chinese characters / chữ Nôm / syllables
Chinese characters
Source-aligned
Representative candidate
誨
Candidates by syllable
hối
悔
Bold marks the representative form aligned to a source as the spelling of the whole word. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. Source and confidence are shown in the heading above.