cai

cai f (plural cais)

1. street

cai m (plural cais)

1. quay, port

cai

1. you (basa madia)

   Abaang cai nasi! ― Hey you, bring some rice!

   Dija bakatang cai pulpéné ené? ― Where did you get this pen?

• ci (basa madia)

• ragane (basa kasar)
• i ratu / iratu (basa alus)

cai m

1. street, road

• AEDLL

cai

1. Nonstandard spelling of cāi.
2. Nonstandard spelling of cái.
3. Nonstandard spelling of cǎi.
4. Nonstandard spelling of cài.

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

cai

1. tea

• IPA^(key): /ˈkai/

cai m (plural cais)

1. (nautical) dock, quay

• Rhymes: -aj

cai

1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of cair
2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of cair

cai m pl

1. plural of cal

From Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *wair, from Proto-Sunda-Sulawesi *wair, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahiʀ.

cai

1. water (clear liquid H₂O)

cai

1. plural of cao

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

Sino-Vietnamese word from 該.

cai

1. (military, historical) corporal
2. overseer; foreman; supervisor
3. (dialectal) Short for cai tổng (“district chief”).

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 戒 (SV: giới).

cai

1. to break (a habit); to grow out of (a habit); to give up