cẩu

See also: cau, cấu, câu, cầu, čau, cậu, and ĉaŭ

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese word from 狗.

Noun

(classifier con) cẩu

1. (rare, euphemistic) Synonym of chó (“dog”) (animal)

Etymology 2

Verb

cẩu

1. to lift with a crane

Noun

(classifier cái) cẩu

1. Short for cần cẩu (“crane (lifting device)”).