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gay

Pronunciation Northern /ɣaj˧˧/ Central /ɣaj˧˥/ Southern /ɣaj˧˧/
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2 senses
Meaning
2 senses
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Sense 1 Adjective
difficult Descriptive Properties, States & Register FormsTheme Problems, Opinions & EvaluationTheme

Describes a situation or task that is very challenging to deal with.

vi Tình hình hiện nay đang rất gay.

en The current situation is very tense.

Sense 2 Adjective
gay

A term used to describe a man who is romantically attracted to men.

vi Anh ấy công khai mình là người gay.

en He is openly gay.

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Chinese characters Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
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Candidates by syllable
gay 垓
Bold marks a representative candidate assembled from per-syllable character mappings. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. It is not necessarily a source-aligned spelling for the whole word.
Similar
gay gắt / gay cấn / gay go / gay gấn
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đỏ gay / Descriptive Properties, States & Register Forms / Problems, Opinions & Evaluation
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