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cát

[kaːt̚˧˦] 🎙 Say it

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Both English Tiếng Việt

Meaning · English

(noun) sand

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

hạt nhỏ của đá

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

đồng hồ cátan hourglass

Cát dính đầy trong giày rồi.There’s sand all over my shoes now.

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Imported from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-29); community review pending. source ↗

Both English Tiếng Việt

Meaning · English

(noun) grain (as in a fine grain of silk)

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

hạt mịn

Machine-translated — suggest a fix

What does “cát” mean?

(noun) sand

Is “cát” formal or informal?

No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.

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