cá tuyết

Vietnamese

Etymology

From cá (“fish”) +‎ tuyết (“snow”), calque of Chinese 鱈魚 / 鳕鱼 (xuěyú).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [kaː˧˦ twiət̚˧˦]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [kaː˨˩˦ twiək̚˦˧˥]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [kaː˦˥ t⁽ʷ⁾iək̚˦˥]

Noun

(classifier con) cá tuyết

  1. a codfish
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