chái

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See also: chai, Chai, chài, chāi, chǎi, and -chai

Khiamniungan Naga

Pronunciation

Noun

chái

  1. (Patsho) money(A generally accepted means of exchange and measure of value.)
    Ngo oh chai jüpem oh chikü tinaito yang louh a jüshiu e
    I cannot take money, that I did not work for

Mandarin

Alternative forms

Romanization

chái (chai2, Zhuyin ㄔㄞˊ)

  1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 侪
  2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 儕 / 侪
  3. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 喍
  4. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 柴
  5. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 犪
  6. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 祡
  7. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 茈
  8. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 豺
  9. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 齛
  10. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 㑪

Tày

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

chái

  1. saw
    chái mạy ― saw for cutting trees

Etymology 2

From Vietic; compare Vietnamese trái, Muong Bi tlải. This is probably not a loan from modern Northern Vietnamese, but from an earlier form where the medial liquid was still presented: *k-l > *kʲ with further palatalization from there.

Adverb

chái

  1. on the contrary
    cạ bấu đảy pây liêu lai, chái tẻo nhằng pây tức tỏ
    I told him/her not to go out too much but quite the contrary, he/she even gambles.
    cạ bấu tỉnh lẻ dá, chái nhằng éo them
    I told him/her he/she doesn't have to listen to me if he/she wishes, but he/she even talks back to me.

Etymology 3

Noun

chái

  1. trotters
    chái mu ― pig trotters
    chái rì ― long packs of trotters

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

Noun

chái • (厔, 斎, 𢈖)

  1. lean-to
    • 2016, Trầm Hương, Trong cơn lốc xoáy, part I, NXB Phụ nữ, page 65:
      Nhưng bàn tay Vạn từ từ buông thõng khi bất chợt nhìn xuyên qua khe vách chái nhà, bắt gặp Thọ đang co rúm vì sợ hãi sau cánh cửa.
      But Vạn's hand slowly fell to his side as he suddenly looked through the chinks in the walls of the lean-to and saw Thọ trembling in fear behind the door.
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