giời

Vietnamese edit

Etymology edit

See giai for the sound change. This is the form from the inland Northern dialects.

Pronunciation edit

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [zəːj˨˩]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [jəːj˦˩]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [jəːj˨˩]

Noun edit

giời

Northern Vietnam form of trời (“sky”)
Giời ạ!
Good God!

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