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trái

trái

See also: trai, traí, trăi, traï, trại, and tra'i

Vietnamese

Adjective

trái ‎(賴, 債, 债)

  1. (often with bên) left (side, direction)
    bên trái
    on the left
    Rẽ (tay) trái. Quẹo (tay) trái.
    Turn left.
  2. reverse (side)
    mặt trái của tấm vải
    the reverse of a piece of cloth
  3. (rare) morally wrong, unreasonable, illogical
    phân rõ phải trái, đúng sai
    to distinguish between right and wrong
Synonyms
  • (left): tả (only in certain contexts); chiêu
  • (reverse): sau
  • (morally wrong, unreasonable): trái lẽ, trái lý, trái lí
Antonyms
Derived terms

Adverb

trái ‎(賴)

  1. inside out
    Lộn trái quần áo để phơi.
    Turn the clothes inside out and hang them out to dry.
Synonyms
  • ngược

Preposition

trái ‎(賴)

  1. contrary to, despite
    nắng trái tiết
    unseasonably sunny (literally, "sunny despite the climate")
    trái nghĩa
    antonymous
Derived terms
Related terms
  • đối lập

Etymology 2

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *pləjʔ ‎(“fruit”), whence also Khmer ផ្លែ ‎(phlae) ("fruit").

Noun

(classifier cái) trái ‎(𢁑, 𣛤, 𢁑, 𣡙, 𣡚, 𧀞)

  1. (chiefly Southern Vietnam) fruit; piece of fruit
    ăn trái (cây)
    to eat fruit
  2. (informal) land mine
    gài trái
    to place land mines
Synonyms

Classifier

trái ‎(𢁑, 𣛤, 𢁑, 𣡙, 𣡚, 𧀞)

  1. (chiefly Southern Vietnam) Refers to anything round, such as a piece of fruit.
    trái chôm chôm
    a rambutan
    trái lựu đạn
    a grenade
    trái núi
    a mountain
    trái banh
    a football
    trái cây
    a piece of fruit
Synonyms
  • (anything round): quả
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Noun

trái ‎(瘵)

  1. smallpox
    lên trái
    to come down with smallpox
Synonyms
  • (smallpox): đậu mùa

Etymology 4

Romanization

trái

  1. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 債
  2. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 責

References

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *klaajʔ

Pronunciation

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