giải

See also: giai, giái, and giãi

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Attested as dĕải in the Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum (1651).

The etymological spelling would be *dải, which is not used in Modern Vietnamese.

Noun

giải • (𢃄, 𦄂, 𦃿, 𧜵, 繲)

  1. an accolade; a prize; an award
    giải nhất/nhì/ba ― first/second/third prize
  2. (by extension) an awards event
    Giải Nô-ben ― a Nobel Prize
    Giải Grammy ― a Grammy; the Grammys
    Giải Oscar ― an Oscar; the Oscars
  3. (by extension) a tournament
    giải vô địch ― a championship
    mùa giải ― a championship season
Derived terms

Etymology 2

    Sino-Vietnamese word from 解.

    Verb

    giải

    1. to relieve; to alleviate; to break down; to release; to liberate; to free; to raise (a siege)
    2. to solve a problem, like homeworks, mysteries, puzzles, riddles, codes, passwords etc.
    3. short for đi giải (“to relieve oneself; to pass water”)
    Derived terms

    Etymology 3

      Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 解 (SV: giái).

      Verb

      giải

      1. to deliver (a criminal); to conduct under escort; to transport under guard
      Derived terms

      Etymology 4

        Sino-Vietnamese word from 蟹 (“crab”). Compare cua đinh (“softshell turtle, 𧍏汀”, literally “crab of the river bank”). Such turtles have shells that resemble smooth crabs rather than hardshell turtles.

        Noun

        (classifier con) giải • (螮, 𩺌, 蠏)

        1. a kind of large soft-shell turtle ("various species in the family Trionychidae")
        Derived terms

        Etymology 5

        See trải.

        Verb

        giải

        1. (Northern Vietnam) alternative form of trải (“to spread out; to lay out”)
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