hãy

See also: hay, hây, and Hay

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

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Adverb

hãy • (唉)

  1. do; let's (mild imperative sentence-initial particle)
    Hãy cho biết ... ― Tell me ...

Etymology 2

Possibly borrowed from Mandarin 還／还 (hái, “still; yet”).

Adverb

hãy

  1. still; yet
    hãy còn trẻ
    still young
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