dại
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "dai"
Vietnamese
Etymology
Pronunciation
Adverb
- (especially of plants) wildly; naturally; in an uncontrolled way
- Cây này mọc dại chứ đâu ai trồng.
- This tree grows naturally, nobody planted it.
Adjective
- (of a plant) wild
- cỏ dại ― weeds
- (of a person) naive and lacking in common sense
- Mày lớn/to đầu mà dại lắm con ạ!
- How can you be so old yet so infantile?
- (of an action) clumsy or unrefined
- (of an animal) rabid
- chó dại ― a rabid/mad dog
- (of a body part) numb due to a loss of circulation
Noun
- (bệnh ~) rabies (a kind of infectious disease)
Derived terms
- dại dột (“foolish”)
- dại khờ (“foolish”)
- hoang dại
- khôn nhà dại chợ
- khôn nhà dại chợ
- khờ dại
- man dại (“savage”)
- ngây dại (“foolish”)
- tê dại
- trót dại (“to err foolishly”)