cãi

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "cai"

Vietnamese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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Particularly: “Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 改 (“to correct”, SV: cải).”

Pronunciation[edit]

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [kaːj˦ˀ˥]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [kaːj˧˨]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [kaːj˨˩˦]

Verb[edit]

cãi • (𠴜, 𠳚, 𠲹, 改)

to answer back; to argue
(law) to defend (a client)

Derived terms[edit]

Derived terms

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