đĩa

See also: Appendix:Variations of "dia"

Vietnamese

Etymology

Maybe non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese (plate; dish; saucer; disc, SV: điệp). If so, a late loan considering that the Chinese word is not used before Yuan dynasty [1271 - 1398]; compare Hokkien (ti̍h) & Teochew (dih8). Doublet of dĩa.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɗiə˦ˀ˥]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɗiə˧˨]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɗiə˨˩˦]

Noun

(classifier cái) đĩa • (, 𥖢, 𡌡, 𥐨, 𥒦, 𥓵)

  1. a plate, a dish, a saucer, etc.
    đĩa baya flying saucer
  2. a disc, a disk, etc.
    đầu đĩaa CD/DVD player
  3. a discus
    môn ném đĩathe discus

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