"thay" meaning in Vietnamese

See thay in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

IPA: [tʰaj˧˧] [Hà-Nội], [tʰaj˧˧] [Huế], [tʰa(ː)j˧˧] (note: Saigon) Forms: 𠼷 [CJK], [CJK], [CJK]
Etymology templates: {{etymid|vi|哉}}, {{der|vi|zh|哉//|pos=SV: <i class="Latn mention" lang="vi">tai</i>|t=|tr=-}} Chinese 哉 (SV: tai), {{vi-etym-sino|哉||tai|hv=n}} Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 哉 (SV: tai), {{lang|zh|「善哉」}} 「善哉」 Head templates: {{head|vi|adverb|||head=|tr=𠼷, 咍, 台}} thay • (𠼷, 咍, 台), {{vi-adv|𠼷, 咍, 台}} thay • (𠼷, 咍, 台)
  1. Used as a modifier to indicate surprise. Synonyms: ơi
    Sense id: en-thay-vi-adv-X7djtaB5
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: [tʰaj˧˧] [Hà-Nội], [tʰaj˧˧] [Huế], [tʰa(ː)j˧˧] (note: Saigon) Forms: 𠊝 [CJK], 𠳙 [CJK], 𫢼 [CJK], [CJK]
Etymology: Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 替 (SV: thế). Etymology templates: {{etymid|vi|替}}, {{der|vi|zh|替//|pos=SV: <i class="Latn mention" lang="vi">thế</i>|t=|tr=-}} Chinese 替 (SV: thế), {{vi-etym-sino|替||thế|hv=n}} Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 替 (SV: thế) Head templates: {{head|vi|verb|||head=|tr=𠊝, 𠳙, 𫢼, 台}} thay • (𠊝, 𠳙, 𫢼, 台), {{vi-verb|𠊝, 𠳙, 𫢼, 台}} thay • (𠊝, 𠳙, 𫢼, 台)
  1. to change; to replace
    Sense id: en-thay-vi-verb--iGoTse~
  2. to act in place of, to act on behalf of, to act for
    Sense id: en-thay-vi-verb-q0OkvwG4 Categories (other): Vietnamese links with redundant target parameters, Vietnamese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Vietnamese entries with incorrect language header: 12 4 84
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: đổi thay, thay đổi, thay mặt, thay thế, thay vì
Etymology number: 1
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      "ipa": "[tʰaj˧˧]",
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      "ipa": "[tʰa(ː)j˧˧]",
      "note": "Saigon"
    }
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          "text": "Đức Phật bảo: \"Lành thay, lành thay! Này Tu-bồ-đề, như lời ông nói, Như Lai khéo hộ niệm các vị Bồ-tát, khéo phó chúc các vị Bồ -tát, nay ông hãy lắng nghe cho kỹ, ta sẽ vì ông mà nói. Người thiện nam, thiện nữ phát tâm Vô thượng Chánh đẳng Chánh giác nên như thế mà trụ, như thế mà hàng phục tâm kia.\"\nThe Buddha said, “How good! How good! Subhūti, it is as you have said. The Tathāgata is well mindful of all the bodhisattvas, and is skillful at instructing the bodhisattvas. Now you listen well, and [he] will explain it for you. If good sons and good daughters would like to arouse the mind of peerless perfect enlightenment, they should abide like this and subdue their thoughts like this.”"
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          "english": "How strange: Luisa's aloofness towards men was an abundant source of energy making her dyeing shop thrive.",
          "ref": "2016, Trầm Hương, Trong cơn lốc xoáy, part I, NXB Phụ nữ, page 24:",
          "text": "Kỳ lạ thay, sự lạnh lẽo của Luisa với đàn ông lại là nguồn năng lượng dồi dào làm tiệm nhuộm của cô khởi sắc.",
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          "text": "Kỳ lạ thay, sự lạnh lẽo của Luisa với đàn ông lại là nguồn năng lượng dồi dào làm tiệm nhuộm của cô khởi sắc.",
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