đĩa

See also: Appendix:Variations of "dia"

Vietnamese

Etymology

Maybe non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 碟 (“plate; dish; saucer; disc”, SV: điệp). If so, a late loan considering that the Chinese word is not used before Yuan dynasty [1271 - 1398]; compare Hokkien 碟 (ti̍h) & Teochew 碟 (dih⁸). Doublet of dĩa.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɗiə˦ˀ˥]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɗiə˧˨]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔɗiə˨˩˦]

Noun

(classifier cái) đĩa • (碟, 𥖢, 𡌡, 𥐨, 𥒦, 𥓵)

1. a plate, a dish, a saucer, etc.

   đĩa bay ― a flying saucer

2. a disc, a disk, etc.

   đầu đĩa ― a CD/DVD player

3. a discus

   môn ném đĩa ― the discus

Synonyms

• (plate, disc): dĩa

Derived terms

• ổ đĩa cứng (“hard disk drive”)
• đĩa đơn