chài

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See also: chai, Chai, chái, chāi, chǎi, chải, and -chai

Khiamniungan Naga

chài

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tʃʰai³¹/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

chài

  1. (Patsho, cooking) frying pan (a long-handled, shallow pan used for frying food)
    Jujie liang-kü chai nü aheuva.
    Please wash the frying pan.
    Jujie liang-kü chai nü kakü ashi.
    Please bring the frying pan.
    Chai nü atei lüno?
    Where is the frying pan?

Mandarin

Alternative forms

Romanization

chài (chai4, Zhuyin ㄔㄞˋ)

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Sapa

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *ʑaːjᴬ (male).

Noun

chài

  1. older brother

Tày

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *ʑaːjᴬ (male). Cognate with Northern Thai ᨩᩣ᩠ᨿ, Lao ຊາຍ (sāi), ᦋᦻ (tsaay), Shan ၸၢႆး (tsáai), Tai Nüa ᥓᥣᥭᥰ (tsäay), Ahom 𑜋𑜩 (chay), Zhuang sai, Thai ชาย (chaai).

Pronunciation

Adjective

chài (𪟦)

  1. male
    sleng lục chàito give birth to a son

Noun

chài (𪟦)

  1. older brother
    pi̱ chàiolder brother
  2. adolescent males
    chài bộ đội(male) soldiers

Pronoun

chài (𪟦)

  1. I/me, your male cousin who's descended from an ancestor who is/was an older sibling to yours or your spouse's
    𪟦𲃩身单䏾燵暛
    Chài giặng thân đan bóng đét soai
    Lonely I stood under the sunshine of noon
  2. you, my male cousin who's descended from an ancestor who is/was an older sibling to mine or my spouse's
    sloong chài chắng mà lo?
    Did you two just come?

References

  • Hoàng Văn Ma, Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Chí (2006) Từ điển Tày-Nùng-Việt [Tay-Nung-Vietnamese dictionary] (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Từ điển Bách khoa Hà Nội
  • Lương Bèn (2011) Từ điển Tày-Việt [Tay-Vietnamese dictionary]‎ (in Vietnamese), Thái Nguyên: Nhà Xuất bản Đại học Thái Nguyên
  • Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003) Hoàng Triều Ân, editor, Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày [A Dictionary of (chữ) Nôm Tày]‎ (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học Xã hội

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Vietic *ɟaːl (casting-net), borrowed from Sanskrit जाल (jāla, net; snare). Cognate Malay jala.

Noun

(classifier cái) chài (𩵝, 𦨑, )

  1. a cast net; casting net; throw net
  2. (by extension) fishery with cast nets
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Interjection

chài

  1. (Internet slang, uncommon) Alternative form of trời (gosh; darn)