đài

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɗaːj˨˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɗaːj˦˩]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔɗaːj˨˩]

Sino-Vietnamese word from 臺 or 台.

(classifier cái) đài

1. (chiefly in fixed expressions) used in words for certain raised structures or platforms

   đài quan sát ― a watchtower or observatory

   đài tưởng niệm ― a platform on which there is a monument or obelisk

   đoạn đầu đài ― a scaffold

2. (broadcasting) a network or station

   đài truyền hình ― a TV network

   đài phát thanh ― a radio station

3. (by extension) a radio (receiver)

   nghe đài ― to listen to the radio

   cái đài cũ, bám bụi ― an old, dusty radio

đài

1. (literary, only in compounds) noble-mannered

đài

1. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 苔

đài

1. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 跆

• (euphemism or jocular) dấm đài, synonym of đái dầm (“to wet the bed”)