cừu
Appearance
See also: Appendix:Variations of "cuu"
Vietnamese
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Sino-Vietnamese word from 裘 (“fur coat”). Semantically parallel to chiên (“lamb, young sheep (archaic)”) (from 氈 (“felt (textile material)”)).
Noun
[edit]- sheep (of the genus Ovis)
- (athletics) hurdle (artificial barrier over which athletes jump in a race)
- nhảy giạng chân qua cừu ― to jump over a hurdle with legs spread wide
Derived terms
[edit]- nhảy cừu (“to leapfrog”)
- sói đội lốt cừu
Etymology 2
[edit]Romanization
[edit]cừu
- Sino-Vietnamese reading of 仇 (“hatred, enemy”)