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