dại

See also: dai, daí, dài, dāi, dǎi, đại, đài, and Dai

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Adverb

dại (𥹞)

  1. (especially of plants) wildly; naturally; in an uncontrolled way
    Cây này mọc dại chứ đâu ai trồng.
    This tree grows naturally, nobody planted it.

Adjective

dại (𤵺, 𠻇, 𥹞, 𢚵, )

  1. (especially of plants) wild; untamed; natural
    cỏ dạiweeds (wild grasses)
  2. (by extension, figurative) foolish; unwise; clumsy
    Mày to đầu mà dại lắm con ạ!
    Your head is big yet so foolish, child.
  3. (by extension) rabid; infected with rabies
    chó dạirabid dog
  4. stiff; rigid (like an animal dying of rabies)

Noun

dại • (𤵺)

  1. (bệnh ~) rabies (a kind of infectious disease)

Derived terms

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