gái
Hanoi [ɣaːj˧˦]Huế [ɣaːj˨˩˦]Saigon [ɣaːj˦˥] browser voice
Each syllable carries one of six tones; the mark on the vowel tells you which. How the six tones sound →
gái means female; wife of; Mrs.
Meanings of gái in English
Adjective
- of people, only in fixed expressions female ≈ nữ
- chị gáian older sister
- em gáia younger sister
- con gáia daughter / girl
- wife of, Mrs (when used after a pronoun or noun denoting a male person)
Noun
- collective girls and women
- collective, colloquial, informal whores; female prostitutes
- làm gáito be a whore
Words with gái
Idioms and sayings with gái
- con gái con đứa — what kind of girl that...
Example sentences with gái
- Nhà bạn có mấy chị em gái? How many sisters do you have?
- Mary là một bé gái xinh đẹp. Mary is a beautiful girl.
- Bé gái được sinh vào giờ nào? At what hour was she born?
- Tôi có ba chị em gái. I have three sisters.
- Có gái đẹp ở đây không? Are there beautiful women here?
- Cô ấy sinh bé gái hồi hôm qua. She gave birth to a daughter yesterday.
- Tôi nghe nói mẹ của Brush làm gái. I heard that Brush's mother is a prostitute.
- Tom có chị em gái. Tom has sisters.
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, gái could be written as 𡛔. Today Vietnamese is written only in the Latin alphabet.
Etymology
From Proto-Vietic *-keːʔ (“woman; female”); compare cái.
Frequently asked questions
What does gái mean in English?
gái (adjective) means "female; wife of; Mrs".
How do you pronounce gái?
IPA: Hanoi [ɣaːj˧˦]; Saigon [ɣaːj˦˥]. Tones: gái — rising tone (sắc).