cài

cài

See also: Appendix:Variations of "cai"

Istriot

Etymology

From Latin cadere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkaji]

Verb

cài

1. fall

References

• AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 1621: “non cadere! non cadete!” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
• Buchi, Éva; Schweickard, Wolfgang (2008-), “*/ˈkad-e-/”, in Dictionnaire Étymologique Roman, Nancy: Analyse et Traitement Informatique de la Langue Française.

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Mandarin

Alternative forms

• cai (nonstandard)

Pronunciation

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Romanization

cài (cai⁴, Zhuyin ㄘㄞˋ)

1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 埰.
2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 寀.
3. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 縩.
4. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 菜.
5. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蔡.
6. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 采.
7. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 䰂.

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Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [kaːj˨˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [kaːj˦˩]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [kaːj˨˩]

Verb

cài • (㧡, 掑)

1. to pin; to fasten

   trâm cài tóc ― a hairpin

2. (computing) Short for cài đặt (“to install”).

Related terms

• gài

See also

Derived terms

• cài cắm
• cài đặt