Tây

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tay"

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [təj˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [təj˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [təj˧˧]
• Homophones: tây, tay

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Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese word from 西 (“west”).

Proper noun

Tây

1. a male given name from Chinese

Adjective

Tây

1. Alternative letter-case form of tây (“Western; European and American”)

Etymology 2

See above, also a clipping of Tây Ban Nha (“Spain”).

Proper noun

Tây

1. (combining form) Hispano-; Spain