sao biển

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Vietnamese

Etymology

From sao (“star”) +‎ biển (“sea”). Compare Chinese 海星 (hải tinh).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [saːw˧˧ ʔɓiən˧˩]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ʂaːw˧˧ ʔɓiəŋ˧˨] ~ [saːw˧˧ ʔɓiəŋ˧˨]
(Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʂaːw˧˧ ʔɓiəŋ˨˩˦] ~ [saːw˧˧ ʔɓiəŋ˨˩˦]

Noun

(classifier con) sao biển

a starfish (various echinoderms)

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