See also: tay, Tay, Tây, Tày, tẩy, tày, Táy, and tấy

Vietnamese edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

Sino-Vietnamese word from 西.

Noun edit

tây

  1. west
  2. West (the Western world)

Adjective edit

tây

  1. Western, especially Western European or French
    Antonym: ta
Derived terms edit

Coordinate terms edit

tây bắc bắc đông bắc
tây   đông
tây nam nam đông nam


Descendants edit

  • Tai Dam: ꪼꪔ

Etymology 2 edit

Perhaps a non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese (SV: ).

Adjective edit

tây

  1. (in certain compound words) personal, private
    niềm tâyinnermost feelings
Derived terms edit
Derived terms