cài

See also: Appendix:Variations of "cai"

Istriot

Etymology

From Latin cadere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkaji]

Verb

cài

1. fall

References

• AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 1621: “non cadere! non cadete!” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
• Buchi, Éva, Schweickard, Wolfgang (2008–) “*/ˈkad-e-/”, in Dictionnaire Étymologique Roman, Nancy: Analyse et Traitement Informatique de la Langue Française.

Mandarin

Alternative forms

• cai — nonstandard

Pronunciation

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Romanization

cài (cai⁴, Zhuyin ㄘㄞˋ)

1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 埰
2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 寀／采
3. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 縩／𮉯
4. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 菜
5. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蔡
6. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 采
7. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 䰂

Vietnamese

Etymology

Cognate with Chut [Mày] kal² (Babaev & Samarina, 2018).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [kaːj˨˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [kaːj˦˩]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [kaːj˨˩]

Verb

cài • (掑)

1. to pin; to fasten

   trâm cài tóc ― a hairpin

2. (computing) Short for cài đặt (“to install”).

Related terms

• gài

See also

Derived terms

• cài cắm
• cài đặt