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giải

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See also: giai, giái, and giãi

Vietnamese

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Attested as dĕải in the Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum (1651).

The etymological spelling would be *dải, which is not used in Modern Vietnamese.

Noun

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giải (𢃄, 𦄂, 𦃿, 𧜵, )

  1. an accolade; a prize; an award
    giải nhất/nhì/bafirst/second/third prize
  2. (by extension) an awards event
    Giải Nô-bena Nobel Prize
    Giải Grammya Grammy; the Grammys
    Giải Oscaran Oscar; the Oscars
  3. (by extension) a tournament
    giải vô địcha championship
    mùa giảia championship season
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Etymology 2

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    Sino-Vietnamese word from .

    Verb

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    giải

    1. to relieve; to alleviate; to break down; to release; to liberate; to free; to raise (a siege)
    2. to solve a problem, like homeworks, mysteries, puzzles, riddles, codes, passwords etc.
    3. to relieve oneself; to pass water
      đi giảito go and relieve oneself
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    Etymology 3

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

      Verb

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      giải

      1. to deliver (a criminal); to conduct under escort; to transport under guard
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      Etymology 4

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        Sino-Vietnamese word from (crab). Compare cua đinh (softshell turtle, 𧍏汀, literally crab of the river bank). Such turtles have shells that resemble smooth crabs rather than hardshell turtles.

         giải New Guinea on Vietnamese Wikipedia

        Noun

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        (classifier con) giải (, 𩺌, )

        1. a kind of large soft-shell turtle ("various species in the family Trionychidae")
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        Etymology 5

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        See trải.

        Verb

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        giải

        1. (Northern Vietnam) alternative form of trải (to spread out; to lay out)