"cải" meaning in Vietnamese

See cải in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [kaːj˧˩] [Hà-Nội], [kaːj˧˨] [Huế], [kaːj˨˩˦] (note: Saigon), [kɨə˧˨˦] (note: Quảng Nam) Forms: củ [classifier]
Etymology: Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 芥 (“mustard”, SV: giới). From Proto-Vietic *kaːs, borrowed from a post-Old Chinese form. Cognate with Muong cái and Thavung kajh¹. Etymology templates: {{etymid|vi|芥}}, {{der|vi|zh|芥//|pos=SV: <i class="Latn mention" lang="vi">giới</i>|t=mustard|tr=-}} Chinese 芥 (“mustard”, SV: giới), {{vi-etym-sino|芥|mustard|giới|hv=n}} Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 芥 (“mustard”, SV: giới), {{inh|vi|mkh-vie-pro|*kaːs}} Proto-Vietic *kaːs, {{cog|mtq|cái}} Muong cái, {{cog|thm|-}} Thavung Head templates: {{head|vi|noun|||head=|tr=}} cải, {{vi-noun|cls=củ}} (classifier củ) cải
  1. cruciferous vegetables (Brassica): coles, mustards, cabbages, radishes, etc. Categories (lifeform): Brassicas, Vegetables
    Sense id: en-cải-vi-noun-v0ltyUMx Disambiguation of Brassicas: 94 6 Disambiguation of Vegetables: 91 9 Categories (other): Sino-Vietnamese words, Vietnamese entries with incorrect language header, Vietnamese nouns classified by củ Disambiguation of Sino-Vietnamese words: 7 55 38 Disambiguation of Vietnamese entries with incorrect language header: 91 9 Derived forms: báo lá cải, bắp cải, bông cải trắng, bông cải xanh, cải bắp, cải bẹ, cải củ, cải dầu, cải làn, cải rổ, cải thảo, cải thìa, cải xoăn, cải xoong, củ cải, rau cải
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: [kaːj˧˩] [Hà-Nội], [kaːj˧˨] [Huế], [kaːj˨˩˦] (note: Saigon), [kɨə˧˨˦] (note: Quảng Nam)
Etymology: Sino-Vietnamese word from 改. Etymology templates: {{etymid|vi|改}}, {{categorize|vi|Sino-Vietnamese words}}, {{vi-etym-sino|改}} Sino-Vietnamese word from 改 Head templates: {{head|vi|verb|||head=|tr=}} cải, {{vi-verb}} cải
  1. to change, to alter Derived forms: cải biên (english: arrange), cải lương (english: a form of folk musical theater from southern Vietnam)
    Sense id: en-cải-vi-verb-RDRDpUcw
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "mtq",
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      },
      "expansion": "Muong cái",
      "name": "cog"
    },
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        "2": "-"
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      "name": "cog"
    }
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          "parents": [],
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        {
          "word": "báo lá cải"
        },
        {
          "word": "bắp cải"
        },
        {
          "word": "bông cải trắng"
        },
        {
          "word": "bông cải xanh"
        },
        {
          "word": "cải bắp"
        },
        {
          "word": "cải bẹ"
        },
        {
          "word": "cải củ"
        },
        {
          "word": "cải dầu"
        },
        {
          "word": "cải làn"
        },
        {
          "word": "cải rổ"
        },
        {
          "word": "cải thảo"
        },
        {
          "word": "cải thìa"
        },
        {
          "word": "cải xoăn"
        },
        {
          "word": "cải xoong"
        },
        {
          "word": "củ cải"
        },
        {
          "word": "rau cải"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "cruciferous vegetables (Brassica): coles, mustards, cabbages, radishes, etc."
      ],
      "id": "en-cải-vi-noun-v0ltyUMx",
      "links": [
        [
          "cruciferous",
          "cruciferous"
        ],
        [
          "vegetable",
          "vegetable"
        ],
        [
          "Brassica",
          "Brassica#Translingual"
        ],
        [
          "cole",
          "cole"
        ],
        [
          "mustard",
          "mustard"
        ],
        [
          "cabbage",
          "cabbage"
        ],
        [
          "radish",
          "radish"
        ],
        [
          "etc.",
          "etc."
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "[kaːj˧˩]",
      "tags": [
        "Hà-Nội"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kaːj˧˨]",
      "tags": [
        "Huế"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kaːj˨˩˦]",
      "note": "Saigon"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kɨə˧˨˦]",
      "note": "Quảng Nam"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "cãi stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cải"
}

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  "lang_code": "vi",
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          "word": "cải biên"
        },
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          "word": "cải lương"
        }
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        "Huế"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kaːj˨˩˦]",
      "note": "Saigon"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kɨə˧˨˦]",
      "note": "Quảng Nam"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "cãi stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn"
    }
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  "word": "cải"
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    "Vietnamese terms derived from Proto-Vietic",
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      "word": "báo lá cải"
    },
    {
      "word": "bắp cải"
    },
    {
      "word": "bông cải trắng"
    },
    {
      "word": "bông cải xanh"
    },
    {
      "word": "cải bắp"
    },
    {
      "word": "cải bẹ"
    },
    {
      "word": "cải củ"
    },
    {
      "word": "cải dầu"
    },
    {
      "word": "cải làn"
    },
    {
      "word": "cải rổ"
    },
    {
      "word": "cải thảo"
    },
    {
      "word": "cải thìa"
    },
    {
      "word": "cải xoăn"
    },
    {
      "word": "cải xoong"
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        ],
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          "cabbage",
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        ],
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          "radish",
          "radish"
        ],
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          "etc.",
          "etc."
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "[kaːj˧˩]",
      "tags": [
        "Hà-Nội"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kaːj˧˨]",
      "tags": [
        "Huế"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kaːj˨˩˦]",
      "note": "Saigon"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kɨə˧˨˦]",
      "note": "Quảng Nam"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "cãi stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cải"
}

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      "word": "cải biên"
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        "Hà-Nội"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kaːj˧˨]",
      "tags": [
        "Huế"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kaːj˨˩˦]",
      "note": "Saigon"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kɨə˧˨˦]",
      "note": "Quảng Nam"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "cãi stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cải"
}

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