giải

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [zaːj˧˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [jaːj˧˨]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [jaːj˨˩˦]
• Homophone: dải

From Middle Vietnamese dĕải. The etymological spelling would be *dải, which is not used in Modern Vietnamese.

giải • (𢃄, 𦄂, 𦃿, 𧜵, 䙊, 繲)

1. an accolade; a prize; an award

   giải nhất/nhì/ba ― first/second/third prize

2. (by extension) an awards event

   Giải Nô-ben ― a Nobel Prize

   Giải Grammy ― a Grammy; the Grammys

   Giải Oscar ― an Oscar; the Oscars

3. (by extension) a tournament

   giải vô địch ― a championship

   mùa giải ― a championship season

Sino-Vietnamese word from 解.

giải

1. to relieve; to alleviate; to break down; to release; to liberate; to free; to raise (a siege)
2. (mathematics) to solve (a mathematics problem); to answer
3. Short for đi giải (“to relieve oneself; to pass water”).

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 解 (SV: giái).

giải

1. to deliver (a criminal); to conduct under escort; to transport under guard

Sino-Vietnamese word from 蟹 (“crab”). Compare cua đinh (“softshell turtle, 𧍏汀”, literally “crab of the river bank”). Such turtles have shells that resemble smooth crabs rather than hardshell turtles.

(classifier con) giải • (螮, 𩺌, 蠏)

1. a kind of large soft-shell turtle ("various species in the family Trionychidae")

See trải.

giải

1. (Northern Vietnam) Alternative form of trải (“to spread out; to lay out”)