mày

See also: may, May, mAy, máy, maý, mây, mấy, and mãy

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 眉 (“eyebrows”; SV: mi); compare mi (“eyelashes”)

Noun

mày (眉, 𣭒, 𣮮)

  1. eyebrows
Synonyms

Etymology 2

From Proto-Vietic *miː, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *mi(i)ʔ; cognate with Koho mi (“you”), Pacoh may (“you”), Khasi me (“you”), Mang miː², Central Nicobarese me (“you”).

Alternative forms

Pronoun

mày (眉, 𠋥, 𡮠)

  1. (singular, informal, familiar or derogatory) you
Usage notes

The first-person reciprocal pronoun is tao.

This form of address is considered disrespectful when speaking to an older person.

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