bãi

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓaːj˦ˀ˥]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓaːj˧˨]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɓaːj˨˩˦]
  • Homophone: bải (Southern Vietnam)
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Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Both the Vietnamese and Cuối forms point to earlier *baːs.”) Cognate with Tho [Cuối Chăm] pɐːl⁶.

Noun

bãi • (𪤄, 罢, 摆, 𣺽, 罷, 𡓁)

  1. shore; bank
    bãi Sao ― name of a beach in Phú Quốc
  2. field; plain; yard
Derived terms
  • bãi biển
  • bãi bồi
  • bãi cạn
  • bãi chìm
  • bãi đá ngầm
  • bãi giữ xe
  • bãi tha ma
  • bến bãi
  • bờ bãi
  • kho bãi
  • sân bãi

Etymology 2

Noun

bãi • (罢)

  1. (now only in compounds) charlatan and/or vagabond
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Romanization

bãi

  1. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 罷
Derived terms
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