hí hoáy

== Vietnamese == === Alternative forms === nghí ngoáy (rare) === Etymology === Reduplication of hoáy, whence also loáy hoáy. Likely related also to hoay (obsolete), whence loay hoay. === Pronunciation === (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [hi˧˦ hwaj˧˦] (Huế) IPA(key): [hɪj˨˩˦ hwaj˨˩˦] (Saigon) IPA(key): [hɪj˦˥ waj˦˥] === Verb === hí hoáy to be busy (on manual tasks); to fiddle with; to scribble hí hoáy ghi chép ― to jot down notes === References ===