vãi

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [vaːj˦ˀ˥]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [vaːj˧˨]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [vaːj˨˩˦] ~ [jaːj˨˩˦]

From Proto-Vietic *vaːs (“to broadcast (rice)”), perhaps from Proto-Mon-Khmer *bah, *baas (“to flow out”). Alternatively, a non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 播 (“to broadcast; to sow”; SV: bá). Compare Khmer ពាស (piəh, “spreading throughout”), Mon ဟး (hah, “to overflow”).

vãi (捤, 𢭶)

1. to spill (something) all over; to strew; to broadcast
2. (of rice, seeds, etc.) to be spilled all over; to be scattered
3. to excrete (involuntarily); to let out; to urinate or pee (by accident)

vãi

1. (slang, vulgar) extremely; fucking

vãi (娓, 尾, 𠉜, 𫱬)

1. middle-aged female pagoda-goer
2. Buddhist nun

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