vây
Vietnamese
editPronunciation
edit- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [vəj˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [vəj˧˧]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [vəj˧˧] ~ [jəj˧˧]
- Homophone: dây
Etymology 1
editNon-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 圍 (“to surround; to encircle; to corral”, SV: vi).
Verb
edit- to encircle
Synonyms
editDerived terms
editDerived terms
Etymology 2
editFrom Middle Vietnamese ꞗâi, from Proto-Vietic *c-piːl. Compare Maleng sơpi, O'du kpil ("fin").
Alternative forms
editNoun
edit(classifier cái) vây • (𩻟, 𩻺, 𩼀, 𬵎)
Usage notes
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- Vietnamese terms derived from Proto-Vietic
- Vietnamese nouns classified by cái
- Vietnamese nouns
- vi:Anatomy
- vi:Fish