nài

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "nai"

Mandarin

Alternative forms

Romanization

nài (nai4, Zhuyin ㄋㄞˋ)

  1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 奈
  2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 柰
  3. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 榒
  4. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 渿
  5. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 耍
  6. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 耐
  7. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 胼
  8. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 萘
  9. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 螚
  10. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 褦
  11. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 錼
  12. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鼐
  13. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 能

Tày

Etymology

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Proto-Tai *laːjᴬ (“saliva”)?”

Pronunciation

Noun

nài (𣱽)

  1. saliva
    tấu nài ― to spit
  2. dew
    nài chạu ― early frost

Derived terms

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

Verb

nài • (㖠, 呢, 奈, 捺, 耐, 𪥑)

  1. (usually in compounds) to beg
    • 15th century, Nguyễn Trãi, “Ngôn chí 3 言志”, in Quốc âm thi tập (國音詩集):
      𩛷(Bữa)咹(ăn)油(dù)固(có)𦼞(dưa)㙁(muối)
      襖(Áo)默(mặc)奈(nài)之(chi)錦(gấm)羅(là)
      Even if my meals only have pickles ,
      I have no reason to demand good silk for clothing.

See also

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