dại

See also: Appendix:Variations of "dai"

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Adverb

dại • (𥹞)

  1. (especially of plants) wildly; naturally; in an uncontrolled way
    Cây này mọc dại chứ đâu ai trồng.
    This tree grows naturally, nobody planted it.

Adjective

dại • (𤵺, 𠻇, 𥹞, 𢚵, )

  1. (of a plant) wild
    cỏ dạiweeds
  2. (of a person) naive and lacking in common sense
    Mày lớn/to đầu mà dại lắm con ạ!
    How can you be so old yet so infantile?
  3. (of an action) clumsy or unrefined
  4. (of an animal) rabid
    chó dạia rabid/mad dog
  5. (of a body part) numb due to a loss of circulation

Noun

dại • (𤵺)

  1. (bệnh ~) rabies (a kind of infectious disease)

Derived terms

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