bảy
Hanoi [ʔɓaj˧˩]Huế [ʔɓaj˧˨]Saigon [ʔɓa(ː)j˨˩˦] browser voice
Each syllable carries one of six tones; the mark on the vowel tells you which. How the six tones sound →
bảy means seven.
Meanings of bảy in English
Numeral
- seven
Words with bảy
Example sentences with bảy
- Bảy giờ tôi sẽ đi đón bạn. I will call for you at seven.
- Ba mũ ba bằng hai mươi bảy. Three to the power of three is twenty-seven.
- Nó chỉ là đứa trẻ bảy tuổi. She is just a seven year old girl.
- Tôi ăn sáng lúc bảy giờ. I have breakfast at seven.
- Chiếc tàu gồm có bảy toa. The train is made up of seven cars.
- Có bảy ngày trong một tuần. There are seven days in a week.
- Bảy nhân hai bằng mười bốn. Seven times two is fourteen.
- Trên thế giới có gần bảy tỷ người. There are almost seven billion people in the world.
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, bảy could be written as 𦉱, 罢, 𬙞, 摆. Today Vietnamese is written only in the Latin alphabet.
Etymology
From Proto-Vietic *pəs, from Proto-Austroasiatic *pɔh ~ *pəɕ; cognates include Bahnar tơpơh and Bolyu pei⁵⁵.
Frequently asked questions
What does bảy mean in English?
bảy (numeral) means "seven".
How do you pronounce bảy?
IPA: Hanoi [ʔɓaj˧˩]; Saigon [ʔɓa(ː)j˨˩˦]. Tones: bảy — dipping tone (hỏi).