đáy

See also: Appendix:Variations of "day"

Vietnamese

Etymology

    Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 底 (“bottom”, SV: để).

    Pronunciation

    • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɗaj˧˦]
    • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɗaj˨˩˦]
    • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɗa(ː)j˦˥]

    Noun

    đáy • (𡌠, 𢋠, 𣷳, 𤀐)

    1. the inside bottom of a container, as opposed to a đế which is the outside bottom
      (figurative) đáy lòng
      the bottom of the heart
    2. the bottom of a well or a natural body of water such as a lake, river, sea, etc.
      ếch ngồi đáy giếng
      one that's intellectually confined by their limited surroundings
      (literally, “a frog at the bottom of a well”)
    3. (geometry, of a solid) a base
    4. (geometry, informal, of a triangle or trapezoid) short for cạnh đáy (“base”)

    Derived terms

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