dậy

See also: Appendix:Variations of "day"

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Vietic *jərʔ, cognate with Muong dẫl. Related to dấy.

Verb

dậy • (曳, 跩, 𧻭, 𧽇, 𧽈)

  1. to wake up
    dậy lúc 8h ― to wake up at 8
    tỉnh dậy ― to wake up; to come to
    đứng dậy ― to get up on one's feet
    trỗi dậy ― to rise vigorously
  2. (literary) to rise
    Dậy mà đi! Dậy mà đi! Dậy mà đi, hỡi đồng bào ơi!
    Rise again! Rise again! Rise again, o my fellow countrymen!
    dậy sóng ― to generate great sensation

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Derived terms

Alternative forms

Particle

dậy

  1. Eye dialect spelling of vậy, representing Southern Vietnam Vietnamese.
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