đáy

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Vietnamese

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese (bottom, SV: để).

Pronunciation

Noun

đáy (𡌠, 𢋠, 𣷳, 𤀐)

  1. the inside bottom of a container, as opposed to a đế which is the outside bottom
    (figurative) đáy lòng
    the bottom of the heart
  2. the bottom of a well or a natural body of water such as a lake, river, sea, etc.
    ếch ngồi đáy giếng
    one that's intellectually confined by their limited surroundings
    (literally, “a frog at the bottom of a well”)
  3. (geometry, of a solid) a base
  4. (geometry, informal, of a triangle or trapezoid) Short for cạnh đáy (base).

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