bàn tay

See also: bantay

Vietnamese

Etymology

bàn +‎ tay; compare dialectal Chinese 手盤 / 手盘 (thủ bàn, “back or palm of the hand”).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓaːn˨˩ taj˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓaːŋ˦˩ taj˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɓaːŋ˨˩ ta(ː)j˧˧]
  • Audio (Saigon):(file)

Noun

bàn tay

  1. hand
  2. (figurative) hand; participation; involvement

Derived terms

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