giai

See also: giải

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

trai

Etymology

See trai. The sound change from *p-l and *b-l to ‹gi› is a regular sound change in Northern Vietnamese; compare giồng, giầu, giời and giun.

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [zaːj˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [jaːj˧˧]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [jaːj˧˧]

Noun

giai

(Northern Vietnam) boy, male

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