gậy

See also: gay, Gay, gáy, gấy, and gảy

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

  • (North Central Vietnam) cậy

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *-giːʔ.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ɣəj˧˨ʔ]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ɣəj˨˩ʔ]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ɣəj˨˩˨]
  • Audio (Saigon):(file)

Noun

(classifier cây) gậy • (梞)

  1. stick, cane, staff
    gậy chống ― a walking stick
    chống gậy ― to lean on a stick
  2. (colloquial, YouTube) a copyright strike

Derived terms

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