cây cối

Vietnamese

Etymology

From cây (“tree; plant”) + cối (from Proto-Vietic *koːjʔ (“plant; vegetation”)).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [kəj˧˧ koj˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [kəj˧˧ koj˨˩˦]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [kəj˧˧ koj˦˥]

Noun

cây cối

1. (colloquial) plant (generally speaking)