See also: hoai, Hoài, hoái, and hoại

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Etymology 1

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Adverb

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hoài (reduplication hoài hoài)

  1. (chiefly Central Vietnam, Southern Vietnam) ceaselessly, constantly, all the time
    • 2005, Nguyễn Ngọc Tư, “Ơi Cải về đâu”, in Cánh đồng bất tận, Trẻ Publishing House:
      Rồi nó nghẹn ngào, "Còn tui, người ta đã quăng ở đây mười tám năm, tui chờ hoài mà có ai tìm đâu…"
      Then she said in a choked voice, "And me, they left me here eighteen years ago; I've been waiting forever but nobody has come looking for me…"
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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hoài (怀, )

  1. to waste; to do in vain
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hoài

  1. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 怀
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