Jump to content

đai

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary

Vietnamese

[edit]

Pronunciation

[edit]

Etymology 1

[edit]

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 帶 (SV: đái).

Noun

[edit]

đai • (𧜵 - 帒, 岱)

  1. (martial arts, clothing) a belt
    đai đen ― a black belt
    đai xanh 2 đẳng
    a blue belt with 2 stripes
    Cuối tuần này tao thi lên đai.
    I'm gonna be taking a rank-up exam near the end of this week.
Derived terms
[edit]

See also

[edit]

Etymology 2

[edit]

Borrowed from English die.

Verb

[edit]

đai

  1. (computing, slang) to malfunction; to crash; to be broken
    Cái máy tính này đai rồi.
    This computer is broken.

Etymology 3

[edit]

Compare Khmer ដី (dəy, “earth; land”).

Compound part

[edit]

đai • (墆, 𪥔)

  1. (only in compounds) land
Derived terms
[edit]