dĩa

See also: Appendix:Variations of "dia"

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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 đĩa.

Noun

(classifier cái) dĩa • (𥐦)

1. (chiefly Southern Vietnam) a plate, a dish, a saucer, etc.
2. (dated, chiefly Southern Vietnam) a disc, a disk, etc.

Synonyms

• (plate, disc): đĩa

Etymology 2

Related to chĩa and nĩa.

Noun

(classifier cái) dĩa

1. (chiefly Northern Vietnam) a fork

Synonyms

• (fork): nĩa

See also

• xiên