cầm thú

Vietnamese

cầm thú

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 禽獸, composed of 禽 (“bird”) and 獸 (“beast”)

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [kəm˨˩ tʰu˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [kəm˦˩ tʰʊw˨˩˦]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [kəm˨˩ tʰʊw˦˥]

Noun

cầm thú

1. (literary, collective) animals

Adjective

cầm thú

1. (figurative, literary) bestial

   Synonyms: thú tính, thú vật

   Đồ cầm thú!

   You animal!