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giải

Level ≈A2 (approx.) nounverb Sino-Vietnamese Top 1,000 most common
Hanoi [zaːj˧˩]Huế [jaːj˧˨]Saigon [jaːj˨˩˦] browser voice
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giải means an accolade; a prize; an award.

Chinese characters: 解

Meanings of giải in English

Noun

  1. an accolade; a prize; an award
    • giải nhất/nhì/bafirst/second/third prize
  2. an awards event
    • Giải Nô-bena Nobel Prize
    • Giải Grammya Grammy; the Grammys
    • Giải Oscaran Oscar; the Oscars
  3. a tournament
    • giải vô địcha championship
    • mùa giảia championship season

Verb

  1. to relieve; to alleviate; to break down; to release; to liberate; to free; to raise (a siege)
  2. to solve a problem, like homeworks, mysteries, puzzles, riddles, codes, passwords etc.
  3. to relieve oneself; to pass water
    • đi giảito go and relieve oneself

Verb

  1. to deliver (a criminal); to conduct under escort; to transport under guard

Noun

  1. a kind of large soft-shell turtle ("various species in the family Trionychidae")

Verb

  1. Northern Vietnam alternative form of trải (“to spread out; to lay out”)

Words with giải

Example sentences with giải

  • Quá dễ để tôi giải bài toán. It is easy for me to solve the problem.
  • Quá dễ để tao giải bài toán. It is easy for me to solve the problem.
  • Anh ấy đã giành được giải ba. He won the third prize.
  • Ông ấy đã giành được giải ba. He won the third prize.
  • Hai mươi đội bước vào giải đấu. Twenty teams entered the tournament.
  • Anh ấy có tham vọng đạt giải Nobel. He has an ambition to get a Nobel Prize.
  • Ông ấy có tham vọng đạt giải Nobel. He has an ambition to get a Nobel Prize.
  • Tôi đã không thể giải được bài toán khó. I couldn't answer the difficult math problem.

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, giải could be written as 𢃄, 𦄂, 𦃿, 𧜵. Today Vietnamese is written only in the Latin alphabet.

Etymology

Attested as dĕải in the Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum (1651).

Frequently asked questions

What does giải mean in English?

giải (noun) means "an accolade; a prize; an award".

How do you pronounce giải?

IPA: Hanoi [zaːj˧˩]; Saigon [jaːj˨˩˦]. Tones: giải — dipping tone (hỏi).

Is giải a Sino-Vietnamese word?

Yes. giải is a Sino-Vietnamese word from the Chinese characters 解.

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.