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đĩa

Level ≈B1 (approx.) noun Top 3,000 most common
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đĩacreaky risingngã

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đĩa means a plate; a dish; a saucer.

Classifier: cái — e.g. một cái đĩa (one plate)

Meanings of đĩa in English

Noun

  1. a plate, a dish, a saucer, etc.
    • đĩa baya flying saucer
  2. a disc, a disk, etc.
    • đầu đĩaa CD/DVD player
  3. a discus
    • môn ném đĩathe discus

Words with đĩa

bát đĩađĩa bayđĩa cứngđĩa đệmđĩa đơnđĩa hátđĩa mềmổ đĩa cứngổ đĩa mềmđĩa nhạcđĩa quang

Synonyms and antonyms of đĩa

Synonyms

dĩa

Example sentences with đĩa

  • Không còn ai mua đĩa DVD nữa. No one purchases DVDs anymore.
  • Đó là đĩa CD của tôi. That's my CD.
  • Ai làm vỡ cái đĩa? Who broke the plate?
  • Chúng ta hãy bước lên những cái đĩa và kiểm trả giả thuyết của anh ấy. Let's step on the disks and test his theory.
  • Anh trai tôi thực sự không biết phải làm gì với những đĩa CD trắng này. My brother really doesn't know what to do with these blank CDs.

Bilingual example sentences from Tatoeba (tatoeba.org, CC BY 2.0 FR).

Historical script (chữ Nôm / Hán)

Before the Latin alphabet (chữ Quốc ngữ) became standard, đĩa could be written as 碟, 𥖢, 𡌡, 𥐨. Today Vietnamese is written only in the Latin alphabet.

Usage note: đĩa

đĩa means "plate" (standard and Northern) and also "disc".

  • Plate: một đĩa rau muống xào — a plate of stir-fried morning glory
  • Disc: đĩa CD, đĩa DVD; đĩa cứng — hard disk; đĩa bay — flying saucer, UFO

In the South, people often pronounce and write it dĩa — which in the North means "fork". This is one of the trickiest regional differences for learners.

Plates vs bowls on Vietnamese menus: dishes to share (món xào, stir-fries; món rau) come on a đĩa; soups and noodles come in a bát/tô.

Washing up in the North: rửa bát đĩa — wash the bowls and plates.

Etymology

Maybe non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 碟 (“plate; dish; saucer; disc”, SV: điệp). If so, a late loan considering that the Chinese word is not used before Yuan dynasty [1271 - 1398]; compare Hokkien 碟 (ti̍h) & Teochew 碟 (dih⁸). Doublet of dĩa.

Frequently asked questions

What does đĩa mean in English?

đĩa (noun) means "a plate; a dish; a saucer".

How do you pronounce đĩa?

IPA: Hanoi [ʔɗiə˦ˀ˥]; Saigon [ʔɗiə˨˩˦]. Tones: đĩa — creaky rising tone (ngã).

What classifier is used with đĩa?

Common classifiers: cái — for example "một cái đĩa" (one a plate).

Meanings, pronunciation and etymology from English Wiktionary (wiktionary.org, via kaikki.org; CC BY-SA 4.0), reviewed and edited; example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). IPA shown for three accents: Hanoi (Northern), Huế (Central) and Saigon (Southern). The Listen button uses your browser's Vietnamese voice, for reference only. Levels are approximate, estimated from word frequency. Spotted a mistake? Let NgonNgu know.