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˨˩˦]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [kəm˨˩ tʰʊw˦˥]

Noun

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

Adjective

(figuratively) bestial
Đồ cầm thú!
Why you savage animal!

Synonym: thú tính

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