hươu cao cổ

Vietnamese

Etymology

hươu (“deer”) +‎ cao (“tall; high”) +‎ cổ (“neck”), literally "long-necked deer". Likely a calque of Chinese 長頸鹿 / 长颈鹿 (chángjǐnglù).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [hiəw˧˧ kaːw˧˧ ko˧˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [hɨəw˧˧ kaːw˧˧ kow˧˨]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [hɨəw˧˧ kaːw˧˧ kow˨˩˦]

Noun

(classifier con) hươu cao cổ

  1. a giraffe (mammal)
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