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dài

Level ≈A1 (approx.) adjectiveadverb Top 1,000 most common
Hanoi [zaːj˨˩]Huế [jaːj˦˩]Saigon [jaːj˨˩] browser voice
Syllables · tones
dàifallinghuyền

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dài means long.

Meanings of dài in English

Adjective

  1. long (having much distance in space from one end to the other) ≈ trường
    • con đường dàia long road
  2. long (having great duration)
    • bộ phim dàia long movie
    • mùa hè dàia long summer

Adverb

  1. colloquial nonstop
    • Đừng để trẻ "chơi dài"Don't let your kids play nonstop.

Words with dài

áo dàichiều dàidài dòngdài hơidài lưng tốn vảidông dàilâu dàinhập thành dàithở dàidài dàidài hạn

Synonyms and antonyms of dài

Antonyms

ngắn

Example sentences with dài

  • Hươu cao cổ có cái cổ dài. Giraffes have very long necks.
  • Voi có tai lớn và vòi dài. Elephants have large ears and long nose.
  • Thỏ có tai dài và đuôi ngắn. A rabbit has long ears and a short tail.
  • Mary có một mái tóc rất dài. Mary has very long hair.
  • Người đàn ông đó để tóc dài. That man has long hair.
  • Đó là chuyến đi dài hai giờ. It's a two-hour trip.
  • Câu ngắn dễ dịch hơn câu dài. Short sentences are easier to translate than long ones.
  • Đây là một câu dài bất thường. This is an unusually long sentence.

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, dài could be written as 曳, 曵, 𨱽, 𨱾. Today Vietnamese is written only in the Latin alphabet.

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *jaːr; cognate with Chut [Rục] jəal².

Frequently asked questions

What does dài mean in English?

dài (adjective) means "long".

How do you pronounce dài?

IPA: Hanoi [zaːj˨˩]; Saigon [jaːj˨˩]. Tones: dài — falling tone (huyền).

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.