trải

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

• (Northern Vietnam) giải

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *p-laːs (“fathom”), from Proto-Mon-Khmer *laas (“to spread; to extend”) (via *plaas); cognate with Mon ပၠံး (plah, “to spread out; to extend”), Riang plɑs¹. Related to sải.

Attested in Phật thuyết đại báo phụ mẫu ân trọng kinh (佛說大報父母恩重經) as 阿賴, composed of 阿 (MC 'a) + 賴 (MC lajH) (modern SV: a lại).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕaːj˧˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʈaːj˧˨]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʈaːj˨˩˦]

Verb

trải • (𣦰, 𱱇, 𣦆, 賴)

1. to spread on a surface

   trải chiếu ― to spread a mat

   trải khăn bàn ― to put on a tablecloth

2. (by extension) to have experienced; to have gone through

See also

Derived terms

• nếm trải
• trải lòng
• trải nghiệm
• trải qua
• từng trải