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Vietnamese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
See giai for the sound change. This is the form from the inland Northern dialects.
Noun
giời • (𡗶, 炌, 𤈪, 𤋽)
- Northern Vietnam form of trời (“sky”)
- Giời ạ! ― Good God!
Etymology 2
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Noun
(classifier con) giời • (𧋹, 𧍊)
- kind of phosphorescent centipede
- Synonym: giời leo