trai

From Vulgar Latin *tragere, from Latin trahere, present active infinitive of trahō.

trai (past participle trat)

1. (transitive) to throw; to dash
2. (transitive, intransitive) to shoot, to fire

trai

1. second-person singular indicative present of trarre
2. second-person singular imperative of trarre

• arti, atri, irta, tari, tarì, tira

• Rhymes: -aj

trai

1. third-person singular present indicative of trair
2. second-person singular imperative of trair

• trey

From Proto-Tocharian [Term?], from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes. Cognate with Tocharian A tre.

trai

1. three

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

From Middle Vietnamese blai, from Proto-Vietic *p-laːl (“man, male”).

• giai

trai

1. (collective) boys and men

   con trai

   boys

• anh trai
• em trai

trai

1. (only in fixed expressions, of people) male

   Synonym: nam

   anh trai

   an older brother

   em trai

   a younger brother

   con trai

   a son / boys

   cháu trai

   a grandson / a nephew

   bác trai

   a man who's presumably slightly older than one's parent

   bạn trai

   a young male friend / a young boy or man / a boyfriend

• Unlike other kinship terms, bác is gender-neutral when used to address a senior stranger, therefore it could be accompanied by trai or gái for clarification.

• gái

(classifier con) trai (𧕚)

1. oyster

• ngọc trai (pearl)