bái

• bai — nonstandard

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bái (bai², Zhuyin ㄅㄞˊ)

1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 白
2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 拜

Compare Vietnamese ăn mải.

• (Thạch An – Tràng Định) IPA^(key): [ɓaːj˧˥]
• (Trùng Khánh) IPA^(key): [ɓaːj˦]

bái

1. an occasion where neighbors gather to work on something together

   pay (kin) bái ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   bái nà, bái râ̱y ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

• Léopold Michel Cadière (1910) Dictionnaire Tày-Annamite-Français [Tày-Vietnamese-French Dictionary]‎^[1] (in French), Hanoi: Impressions d'Extrême-Orient

Sino-Vietnamese word from 拜.

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɓaːj˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɓaːj˨˩˦]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔɓaːj˦˥]

bái

1. (chiefly religion) to bow during an act of worship as sign of respect or to show sincerity

   bái trời ― to bow to Heaven