Tiếng Việt · Word Candidate

hây hây

🎙 Say it

Proposed by a contributor, not yet supported by evidence.

Meaning · English

feeling happy and excited

Literally: cheerful, joyful

Examples

Cô ấy cười hây hây khi nhận tin vuiShe smiled happily when she received the good news

AI-drafted example auto-approved by rule (illustrative, not a corpus attestation)

Sources & notes

Headword listed in the vdict.com Vietnamese-English dictionary index (discovery source; headword only — no source content copied). Entered as candidate 2026-08-05; definition pending editorial review. Definition drafted by AI (@cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast) and auto-approved by rule on 2026-08-14; pending editor spot-check.

Common questions

What does “hây hây” mean?

feeling happy and excited Literally: cheerful, joyful

Is “hây hây” formal or informal?

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

👁 Views 0 today 0 past 7 days 0 this month 0 all time