gái

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See also: gai, Gai, gài, gãi, gāi, gǎi, and ga'i

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Verb[edit]

gái

  1. say

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Vietnamese[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Vietic *-keːʔ (woman; female); compare cái.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

gái (𡛔)

  1. (collective) girls and women
  2. (collective, informal, colloquial) whores; female prostitutes
    làm gáito be a whore

Adjective[edit]

gái

  1. (only in fixed expressions, of people) female
    Synonym: nữ
    chị gáian older sister
    em gáia younger sister
    con gáia daughter / girl
    cháu gáia granddaughter / a niece
    bạn gáia young female friend / a girlfriend
    bác gáia parent's older sister / a woman older than one's parents
    Bác gái có nhà không ạ?
    Is she (a woman older than my parents) home?
  2. wife of, Mrs (when used after a pronoun or noun denoting a male person)
    • 2005, Ngọc Tư Nguyễn, “Biển người mênh mông [A Vast Ocean of People]”, in Cánh đồng bất tận [Endless Fields], NXB Trẻ:
      Phi hỏi, "Vậy bác Sáu gái đâu rồi ?"
      Phi asked, "Where did Mrs Sáu go then?"

Usage notes[edit]

  • Gender-neutral terms like bác and con can be followed by trai or gái to clarify the gender of the person referred to.

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