cay

noun

• Quail

adj

• Hot (like pepper)
  • quả ớt cay xé: the chilli pod is stingingly hot

• Pungent, stinging, pricking, acrid
  • mắt bị cay khói: eyes stung by smoke
  • mắt cay sè vì thiếu ngủ: eyes having a pricking sensation from lack of sleep
  • bị một vố rất cay: to receive a stinging blow

• Set on, bent on
  • con bạc cay ăn cay gỡ: a gambler set on winning and on making good his losses
  • nó đang cay làm việc ấy