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