vây

See also: vay, váy, vầy, vậy, and vaþ

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [vəj˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [vəj˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [vəj˧˧] ~ [jəj˧˧]
  • Homophone: dây (Southern Vietnam)

Etymology 1

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 圍 (“to surround; to encircle; to corral”, SV: vi).

Verb

vây • (圍, 𡆫)

  1. to encircle
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Vietic *c-piːl. Compare Maleng sơpi, O'du kpil ("fin").

Attested as Northern Middle Vietnamese ꞗâi in the Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum (1651).

Alternative forms

  • vi (no dipthongization)

Noun

(classifier cái) vây • (𩻟, 𩻺, 𩼀, 𬵎)

  1. (anatomy) fin
Usage notes
  • Not to be confused with vẩy (“scales”).
Derived terms
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