Tiếng Việt · Word Attested

bay

[ʔɓaj˧˧]

In real, traceable use. Part of the curated seed collection; community review is coming.

Sense 1

Both English Tiếng Việt

Meaning · English

(verb) to fly (travel through the air)

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

bay trong không khí

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Where it’s used: Used Toàn quốc & hải ngoại · Vietnam-wide & diaspora

Examples

Lấy bay trét thêm một lớp vữa.Get the trowel and spread on another layer of mortar.

Editorial example (contributed-collins-enriched)

Sources & notes

Imported from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-29); community review pending. source ↗ Local usage: Bay usually means a masonry trowel; a gardening hand trowel may be called bay làm vườn. [contributed-collins-enriched]

Sense 2

Both English Tiếng Việt

Meaning · English

(verb) to flutter (flap or wave quickly but irregularly)

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

vỗ cánh nhanh

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Sense 3

Both English Tiếng Việt

Meaning · English

(verb) to fly (travel very fast)

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

di chuyển rất nhanh

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Sense 4

Both English Tiếng Việt

Meaning · English

(adverb) with ease; as if it were nothing

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

dễ dàng

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Examples

cãi bayto bluntly deny

Dạ, con Nga chối bay, con đâu có cười, tại ba má sanh cái miệng con vậy mà.Nga flatly denied it: "I'm not smiling; it's my parents who made me with a mouth like that."

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Common questions

What does “bay” mean?

(verb) to fly (travel through the air)

Is “bay” formal or informal?

bay is generally informal.