xảy

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

  • xẩy

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [saj˧˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [saj˧˨]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [sa(ː)j˨˩˦]
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Verb

xảy • (, )

  1. (usually of something bad and used with “ra) to occur; to happen (by itself)
    xảy rato happen

Adverb

xảy

  1. (archaic) suddenly