cầm thú

Vietnamese

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˨˩˦]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [kəm˨˩ tʰʊw˦˥]

Noun

cầm thú

1. (literary, collective) Synonym of chim muông (“animals”)

Adjective

cầm thú

1. (figurative) bestial

   Đồ cầm thú!

   Why you savage animal!

   Synonym: thú tính