cá sấu

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See also: casáu

Vietnamese

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Cá sấu

Etymology

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cá (“fish”) + sấu (“crocodile”).

Not etymologically related to xấu (“ugly”), which is sometimes considered as connected due to folk etymology.

Pronunciation

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  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [kaː˧˦ səw˧˦]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [kaː˨˩˦ ʂəw˨˩˦] ~ [kaː˨˩˦ səw˨˩˦] invalid IPA characters (][)
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [kaː˦˥ ʂəw˦˥] ~ [kaː˦˥ səw˦˥] invalid IPA characters (][)

Noun

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(classifier con) cá sấu • (个/𩵜 + 䱸/𩽉/𩽤)

  1. crocodile
  2. (by extension) crocodilian
  3. (figurative, slang, a play on sấu ~ xấu (“ugly”)) ugly person
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