giời
Pronunciation
Northern
/zə̤ːj˨˩/
Central
/jəːj˧˧/
Southern
/jəːj˨˩/
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sky (Northern dialect)
Noun
sky (Northern dialect)
2 senses
Meaning
2 senses
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Meaning
2 senses
Sense 1
Noun
sky (Northern dialect)
A dialectal form of the word for sky used in Northern Vietnam.
vi Sắp có mưa, nhìn giời tối sầm lại rồi.
en It's about to rain; look, the sky has turned dark.
Sense 2
Noun
phosphorescent centipede
A type of centipede-like creature that is capable of producing light.
vi Con giời có thể phát sáng trong bóng tối.
en The phosphorescent centipede can produce light in the dark.
Parts
𡗶
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Parts
𡗶
Chinese characters
Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
𡗶
Candidates by syllable
giời
𡗶（𧋹 / 𧍊）
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.
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Similar
giồi / giòi / giọi / giõi …
Use
vịt giời / mặt giời / vái giời / trái gió trở giời
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Use
vịt giời / mặt giời / vái giời / trái gió trở giời