sái

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sai"

Hokkien

For pronunciation and definitions of sái – see 屎 (“excrement; poop; secretion from the body; tear, earwax, snot, etc.; etc.”).
(This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 屎).

Paraguayan Guarani

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish saya (“skirt”).

Noun

sái

  1. skirt

References

  • Canese, Natalia Krivoshein de; Alcaraz, Feliciano Acosta (2016), “sái”, in Ñe’ẽryru [Dictionary] (overall work in Spanish), Asunción: Instituto Superior de Lenguas, →ISBN, page 100, column 1

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [saːj˧˦]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʂaːj˨˩˦] ~ [saːj˨˩˦]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʂaːj˦˥] ~ [saːj˦˥]

Adjective

sái

  1. ominous, inauspicious, unlucky
    Sợ sái quá không dám nói đấy chứ.
    More like too afraid of misfortune to say a word.
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