gái
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Meaning
4 senses · 4 meanings
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girls and women
A general term referring to female human beings, including both children and adult individuals.
vi Nhà ấy có hai trai một gái.
en That family has two boys and one girl.
female
Being female (used only for human beings), typically modifying person nouns such as con, em, cháu, or bé.
vi Chị ấy vừa sinh một bé gái rất kháu khỉnh.
en She just gave birth to a very adorable baby girl.
prostitutes
(Colloquial, often disparaging) A woman who sells sex, as in gái gọi or gái điếm.
wife
Placed after a word used for a man to mean his wife, as in bác gái, the wife of bác trai.
vi Thưa bác, cháu gửi lời hỏi thăm bác gái ạ.
en Uncle, please give my regards to your wife.