"cay" meaning in Vietnamese

See cay in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: [kaj˧˧] [Hà-Nội], [kaj˧˧] [Huế], [ka(ː)j˧˧] (note: Saigon) Forms: [CJK], [CJK], 𠹽 [CJK], 𡀲 [CJK], 𨐮 [CJK], 𨢟 [CJK], 𫐝 [CJK]
Etymology: Cognate with Tho [Cuối Chăm] kal¹. Etymology templates: {{cog|tou|-}} Tho Head templates: {{head|vi|adjective|||||||head=|tr=咳, 荄, 𠹽, 𡀲, 𨐮, 𨢟, 𫐝}} cay • (咳, 荄, 𠹽, 𡀲, 𨐮, 𨢟, 𫐝), {{vi-adj|咳, 荄, 𠹽, 𡀲, 𨐮, 𨢟, 𫐝}} cay • (咳, 荄, 𠹽, 𡀲, 𨐮, 𨢟, 𫐝)
  1. burning
    spicy (provoking a burning sensation due to the presence of capsaicin)
    Sense id: en-cay-vi-adj-yFr60Lo~ Categories (other): Vietnamese entries with incorrect language header, Taste Disambiguation of Vietnamese entries with incorrect language header: 36 20 20 4 21 Disambiguation of Taste: 32 30 18 11 10
  2. burning
    pungent (having a strong odor that stings the nose)
    Sense id: en-cay-vi-adj-rLm7QngW Categories (other): Smell, Taste Disambiguation of Smell: 16 63 12 0 8 Disambiguation of Taste: 32 30 18 11 10
  3. burning
    (of sensation) burning; intense; inflaming
    Sense id: en-cay-vi-adj-9JyK4OnY Categories (other): Taste Disambiguation of Taste: 32 30 18 11 10
  4. (colloquial, figurative) bitter (cynical and resentful) Tags: colloquial, figuratively
    Sense id: en-cay-vi-adj-ube~~ELn Categories (other): Taste Disambiguation of Taste: 32 30 18 11 10
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1 Derived forms: cay cú, cay đắng, cay độc, cay lè, cay nghiệt, cay nóng, cay nồng, cay sè, chua cay, đắng cay, gừng càng già càng cay, sâu cay

Noun

IPA: [kaj˧˧] [Hà-Nội], [kaj˧˧] [Huế], [ka(ː)j˧˧] (note: Saigon)
Head templates: {{head|vi|noun|||head=|tr=}} cay, {{vi-noun}} cay
  1. the tang of a blade, knife, or sickle, which is inserted into a haft
    Sense id: en-cay-vi-noun-BXngcoMS
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Vietnamese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-02-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-01-01 using wiktextract (f492ef9 and 9905b1f). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.