giá

See also: gia, già, giả, giã, ĝia, gi'a, and Gia

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [zaː˧˦]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [jaː˨˩˦]
  • (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [jaː˦˥]
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Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese word from 價.

Noun

giá

  1. price
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Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

(classifier cọng, cây) giá • (稼)

  1. (Southern Vietnam) bean sprouts
    Synonym: giá đỗ

Etymology 3

Sino-Vietnamese word from 架.

Noun

giá • (𥳅)

  1. shelf
  2. mount (object on which another object is mounted)

Etymology 4

From Proto-Vietic *k-caːʔ (“hail”); cognate with Muong Bi chỉa, Arem kəcæːʔ and Thavung kəcaː³.

Adjective

giá • (𬰊)

  1. (obsolete or only in compounds) cold
    Buớc vào tháng sáu giá chân;
    Tháng Chạp nằm trần bức đổ mồ hôi
    As one steps into the sixth month, one's feet get cold;
    In the twelfth month, it's so hot one lies bare-chested and sweating.
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Etymology 5

Possibly Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 假 (SV: giả)

Conjunction

giá

  1. if; in case; supposing; if only; I wish
    Synonyms: phải chi, giả như, giá như, nếu như, giá mà
    Giá trời không mưa thì giờ ta đã đến nơi rồi. ― If it had not rained we would have already arrived.

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