Tiếng Việt · Word Attested 18+

gái

[ɣaːj˧˦] 🎙 Say it

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Both English Tiếng Việt

Meaning · English

(noun) girls and women

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

các cô gái và phụ nữ

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

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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) whores; female prostitutes

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

người bán dâm nữ

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làm gáito be a whore

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Meaning · English

(adjective) female

chị gáian older sister

em gáia younger sister

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Both English Tiếng Việt

Meaning · English

(adjective) wife of, Mrs (when used after a pronoun or noun denoting a male person)

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

vợ của, bà

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Phi hỏi, "Vậy bác Sáu gái đâu rồi ?"Phi asked, "Where did Mrs Sáu go then?"

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What does “gái” mean?

(noun) girls and women

Is “gái” formal or informal?

gái is generally informal.

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