tây
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Vietnamese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Sino-Vietnamese word from 西.
Noun
tây
Adjective
tây
- Western, especially Western European or French
- Antonym: ta
Derived terms
- bánh tây (“French bread”)
- cần tây (“celery”)
- chanh tây (“lemon”)
- gà tây (“turkey”)
- hành tây (“onion”)
- khoai tây (“potato”)
- mãng cầu tây (“cherimoya”)
- măng tây (“asparagus”)
- mơ tây (“apricot”)
- mùi tây (“parsley”)
- mướp tây (“okra”)
- nghệ tây (“saffron”)
- ngọc lan tây (“ylang-ylang”)
- nhót tây (“loquat”)
- tây ba lô (“backpacker”)
- tỏi tây (“leek”)
Coordinate terms
- (compass points) (Category: vi:Compass points)
| tây bắc (西北) | bắc (北) | đông bắc (東北) |
| tây (西) | 
|
đông (東) |
| tây nam (西南) | nam (南) | đông nam (東南) |
Descendants
- Tai Dam: ꪼꪔ
Etymology 2
Perhaps a non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 私 (SV: tư).
Adjective
tây
Derived terms
Derived terms