chày
See also: chay, cháy, chấy, chảy, and chạy
Vietnamese
Etymology
From Proto-Vietic *tʃ-reː. The nominal derivative of xay (“to grind”).
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [t͡ɕaj˨˩]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [t͡ɕaj˦˩]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [caj˨˩]
Noun
(classifier cây, cái, chiếc) chày
- a pestle (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)
- (by extension, baseball, softball) a bat
- bóng chày
- baseball
See also
- cối
- cãi chày cãi cối