vô ý
Pronunciation
Northern
/vo˧˧ i˧˥/
Central
/jo˧˥ ḭ˩˧/
Southern
/jo˧˧ i˧˥/
to be inattentive
2 senses
2 Components
Verb
to be inattentive
Adverb
unintentionally
Details
2 senses
▸
Details
2 senses
Verb
Sense 1
Verb
to be inattentive
Properties & States
To fail to focus or pay proper attention to one's actions or current surroundings.
vi Đừng vô ý khi đang lái xe trên đường.
en Do not be inattentive while driving on the road.
Adverb
Sense 2
Adverb
unintentionally
Describing an action that is done without any prior planning or conscious intention.
vi Tôi đã vô ý làm vỡ chiếc bình hoa của bạn.
en I unintentionally broke your flower vase.
Form
Chinese characters / chữ Nôm / syllables
▸
Form
Chinese characters / chữ Nôm / syllables
Chinese characters
Source-aligned
Representative candidate
無意
Candidates by syllable
vô
無
ý
意
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.