See also: giai

Vietnamese edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Middle Vietnamese dĕải. The etymological spelling would be *dải, which is not used in Modern Vietnamese.

Noun edit

giải (𢃄, 𦄂, 𦃿, 𧜵, , )

  1. an accolade; a prize; an award
    giải nhất/nhì/bafirst/second/third prize
  2. (by extension) an awards event
    Giải Nô-bena Nobel Prize
    Giải Grammya Grammy; the Grammys
    Giải Oscaran Oscar; the Oscars
  3. (by extension) a tournament
    giải vô địcha championship
    mùa giảia championship season
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Etymology 2 edit

Sino-Vietnamese word from .

Verb edit

giải

  1. to relieve; to alleviate; to break down; to release; to liberate; to free; to raise (a siege)
  2. (mathematics) to solve (a mathematics problem); to answer
  3. Short for đi giải (to relieve oneself; to pass water).
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Etymology 3 edit

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese (SV: giái).

Verb edit

giải

  1. to deliver (a criminal); to conduct under escort; to transport under guard
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Etymology 4 edit

Sino-Vietnamese word from (crab). Compare cua đinh (softshell turtle, 𧍏汀, literally crab of the river bank). Such turtles have shells that resemble smooth crabs rather than hardshell turtles.

 Giải New Guinea on Vietnamese Wikipedia

Noun edit

(classifier con) giải (, 𩺌, )

  1. (zoology) a large soft-shell turtle ("various species in the family Trionychidae")
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Etymology 5 edit

See trải.

Verb edit

giải

  1. (Northern Vietnam) Alternative form of trải (to spread out; to lay out)