cao tay

Vietnamese

Etymology

Calque of Chinese 高手 (cao thủ, literally “high hands”).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [kaːw˧˧ taj˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [kaːw˧˧ taj˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [kaːw˧˧ ta(ː)j˧˧]

Adjective

cao tay

  1. capable; highly able

Derived terms

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.