cá sấu

See also: casáu

Vietnamese

Etymology

cá (“fish”) + sấu (“crocodile”).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [kaː˧˦ səw˧˦]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [kaː˨˩˦ ʂəw˨˩˦]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [kaː˦˥ ʂəw˦˥] ~ [kaː˦˥ səw˦˥]

Noun

(classifier con) cá sấu (个/𩵜 + 䱸/𩽉/𩽤)

crocodile
(by extension) crocodilian
(figuratively, slang, a play on sấu ~ xấu (“ugly”)) ugly person

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