Tây

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tay"

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [təj˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [təj˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [təj˧˧]
  • Homophones: tây, tay
  • Audio (Hà Nội):(file)

Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese word from 西 (“west”).

Proper noun

Tây

  1. a male given name from Chinese

Adjective

Tây

  1. alternative letter-case form of tây (“Western; European and American”)

Etymology 2

See above, also a clipping of Tây Ban Nha (“Spain”).

Proper noun

Tây

  1. (combining form) Hispano-; Spain
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