DO

[Yurong@oes.itri.org.tw]

Hi,
>To^^i kho^^ng ti`m tha^^'y chu+~ "do" na`o co' nghi~a la`
>"quye^^'t ddi.nh" ca?\. "Do ba^^'t dda('c" theo to^^i hie^^?u thi` co'
>nghi~a "kho^^ng ddu+o+.c", "kho^^ng quye^^'t"... Chu+~ "do" na`y la`
>"do"(khuye^^?n), do ddo' ma` co' tu+` "do du+." (tu+'c nhu+ con
>do, con du+. hay nhu+ con khi?, con lo+.n (theo Thie^^`u Chu+?u)).
>

Please look up at "To^^'i ta^^n thu+.c du.ng Ha'n Anh tu+` ddie^^?n"
(A new Practical Chinese-English Dictionary), cu?a Lu+o+ng Thu+.c Thu,
page 708, the 3552nd word "Do", thi` "Do ba^^'t dda('c" na`y "Do" la`
"Do" (ddie^^`n), chu+' kho^^ng pha?i "Do" (khuye^^?n)\.

Do ba^^'t dda('c: involuntarily, unable to do as one pleases

And, please look up at "Thie^^`u CHu+?u", page 387, to see the 8th meaning
of "Do" (Khuye^^?n)

Tha^^n cha`o
John Yuan