"cãi" meaning in Vietnamese

See cãi in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: [kaːj˦ˀ˥] [Hà-Nội], [kaːj˧˨] [Huế], [kaːj˨˩˦] (note: Saigon) Forms: 𠴜 [CJK], 𠳚 [CJK], 𠲹 [CJK], [CJK]
Etymology templates: {{etymid|vi|改}}, {{der|vi|zh|改//|pos=SV: <i class="Latn mention" lang="vi">cải</i>|t=to correct|tr=-}} Chinese 改 (“to correct”, SV: cải), {{vi-etym-sino|改|to correct|cải|hv=n}} Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 改 (“to correct”, SV: cải) Head templates: {{head|vi|verb|||head=|tr=𠴜, 𠳚, 𠲹, 改}} cãi • (𠴜, 𠳚, 𠲹, 改), {{vi-verb|𠴜, 𠳚, 𠲹, 改}} cãi • (𠴜, 𠳚, 𠲹, 改)
  1. to answer back; to argue
    Sense id: en-cãi-vi-verb-lW5hvPe5 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Vietnamese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 64 36 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 81 19 Disambiguation of Vietnamese entries with incorrect language header: 78 22
  2. (law) to defend (a client) Categories (topical): Law
    Sense id: en-cãi-vi-verb-AhZpI7JG Topics: law
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: bàn cãi, cãi cọ, cãi vã, chối cãi, thầy cãi, tranh cãi
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "bàn cãi"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "cãi cọ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "cãi vã"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "chối cãi"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "thầy cãi"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "tranh cãi"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vi",
        "2": "改"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "etymid"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vi",
        "2": "zh",
        "3": "改//",
        "pos": "SV: <i class=\"Latn mention\" lang=\"vi\">cải</i>",
        "t": "to correct",
        "tr": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Chinese 改 (“to correct”, SV: cải)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "改",
        "2": "to correct",
        "3": "cải",
        "hv": "n"
      },
      "expansion": "Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 改 (“to correct”, SV: cải)",
      "name": "vi-etym-sino"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "𠴜",
      "tags": [
        "CJK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "𠳚",
      "tags": [
        "CJK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "𠲹",
      "tags": [
        "CJK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "改",
      "tags": [
        "CJK"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vi",
        "2": "verb",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "head": "",
        "tr": "𠴜, 𠳚, 𠲹, 改"
      },
      "expansion": "cãi • (𠴜, 𠳚, 𠲹, 改)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "𠴜, 𠳚, 𠲹, 改"
      },
      "expansion": "cãi • (𠴜, 𠳚, 𠲹, 改)",
      "name": "vi-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Vietnamese",
  "lang_code": "vi",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "64 36",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "81 19",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "78 22",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Vietnamese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to answer back; to argue"
      ],
      "id": "en-cãi-vi-verb-lW5hvPe5",
      "links": [
        [
          "answer back",
          "answer back"
        ],
        [
          "argue",
          "argue"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "vi",
          "name": "Law",
          "orig": "vi:Law",
          "parents": [
            "Justice",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to defend (a client)"
      ],
      "id": "en-cãi-vi-verb-AhZpI7JG",
      "links": [
        [
          "law",
          "law#English"
        ],
        [
          "defend",
          "defend"
        ],
        [
          "client",
          "client"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(law) to defend (a client)"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "law"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[kaːj˦ˀ˥]",
      "tags": [
        "Hà-Nội"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kaːj˧˨]",
      "tags": [
        "Huế"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kaːj˨˩˦]",
      "note": "Saigon"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "cải stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cãi"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Vietnamese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Vietnamese lemmas",
    "Vietnamese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Vietnamese terms with homophones",
    "Vietnamese verbs"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "bàn cãi"
    },
    {
      "word": "cãi cọ"
    },
    {
      "word": "cãi vã"
    },
    {
      "word": "chối cãi"
    },
    {
      "word": "thầy cãi"
    },
    {
      "word": "tranh cãi"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vi",
        "2": "改"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "etymid"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vi",
        "2": "zh",
        "3": "改//",
        "pos": "SV: <i class=\"Latn mention\" lang=\"vi\">cải</i>",
        "t": "to correct",
        "tr": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Chinese 改 (“to correct”, SV: cải)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "改",
        "2": "to correct",
        "3": "cải",
        "hv": "n"
      },
      "expansion": "Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 改 (“to correct”, SV: cải)",
      "name": "vi-etym-sino"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "𠴜",
      "tags": [
        "CJK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "𠳚",
      "tags": [
        "CJK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "𠲹",
      "tags": [
        "CJK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "改",
      "tags": [
        "CJK"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vi",
        "2": "verb",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "head": "",
        "tr": "𠴜, 𠳚, 𠲹, 改"
      },
      "expansion": "cãi • (𠴜, 𠳚, 𠲹, 改)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "𠴜, 𠳚, 𠲹, 改"
      },
      "expansion": "cãi • (𠴜, 𠳚, 𠲹, 改)",
      "name": "vi-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Vietnamese",
  "lang_code": "vi",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to answer back; to argue"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "answer back",
          "answer back"
        ],
        [
          "argue",
          "argue"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "vi:Law"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to defend (a client)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "law",
          "law#English"
        ],
        [
          "defend",
          "defend"
        ],
        [
          "client",
          "client"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(law) to defend (a client)"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "law"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[kaːj˦ˀ˥]",
      "tags": [
        "Hà-Nội"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kaːj˧˨]",
      "tags": [
        "Huế"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kaːj˨˩˦]",
      "note": "Saigon"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "cải stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cãi"
}

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