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dày

Level ≈B1 (approx.) adjective Top 3,000 most common
Hanoi [zaj˨˩]Huế [jaj˦˩]Saigon [ja(ː)j˨˩] browser voice
Syllables · tones
dàyfallinghuyền

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dày means thick; deep; dense.

Meanings of dày in English

Adjective

  1. thick, deep, dense

Words with dày

dạ dàydày cộmdày dặndày đặcmặt dàydày cộpdày dạn

Example sentences with dày

  • Bò hầm nên tinh tế và dày. Beef stew should be nice and thick.
  • Tom đã đến muộn vì tuyết rơi dày. Tom was late because of the heavy snow.
  • Một quyển thì mỏng, và quyển kia thì dày. One book is thin, and the other is thick.
  • Quyển sách đó dày, nhưng nó không đắt lắm. That book is thick, but it's not very expensive.
  • Chuyến tàu bị trễ 10 phút vì tuyết quá dày. The train was ten minutes behind time because of heavy snow.
  • Độ dày của cuốn tiểu thuyết đó là bao nhiêu? What is the thickness of that novel?
  • Một cuốn sách thì mỏng, cuốn còn lại thì dày. Cuốn dày thì dày khoảng 200 trang. One book is thin. The other is thick. The thick one has about 200 pages.

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, dày could be written as 苔, 𠫅, 𠫆, 𪠗. Today Vietnamese is written only in the Latin alphabet.

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *k-daj. Cognate with Muong Bi tày.

Frequently asked questions

What does dày mean in English?

dày (adjective) means "thick; deep; dense".

How do you pronounce dày?

IPA: Hanoi [zaj˨˩]; Saigon [ja(ː)j˨˩]. Tones: dày — 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.