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{
"etymology_text": "cá (“fish”) + sấu (“crocodile”).\nNot etymologically related to xấu (“ugly”), which is sometimes considered as connected due to folk etymology.",
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"tags": [
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"3": "",
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},
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"links": [
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"xấu",
"xấu#Vietnamese"
],
[
"ugly",
"ugly"
],
[
"person",
"person"
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"(figurative, slang, a play on sấu ~ xấu (“ugly”)) ugly person"
],
"tags": [
"figuratively",
"slang"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[kaː˧˦ səw˧˦]",
"tags": [
"Hà-Nội"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[kaː˨˩˦ ʂəw˨˩˦]",
"tags": [
"Huế"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[kaː˨˩˦ səw˨˩˦]",
"tags": [
"Huế"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[kaː˦˥ ʂəw˦˥]",
"note": "Saigon"
},
{
"ipa": "[kaː˦˥ səw˦˥]",
"note": "Saigon"
}
],
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}
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"Vietnamese lemmas",
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"vi:Crocodilians"
],
"etymology_text": "cá (“fish”) + sấu (“crocodile”).\nNot etymologically related to xấu (“ugly”), which is sometimes considered as connected due to folk etymology.",
"forms": [
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"tags": [
"classifier"
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}
],
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"expansion": "cá sấu • (个/𩵜 + 䱸/𩽉/𩽤)",
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],
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"(by extension) crocodilian"
],
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},
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"Vietnamese slang"
],
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"ugly person"
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"xấu",
"xấu#Vietnamese"
],
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"ugly",
"ugly"
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"person",
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]
],
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"(figurative, slang, a play on sấu ~ xấu (“ugly”)) ugly person"
],
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"figuratively",
"slang"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
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"ipa": "[kaː˧˦ səw˧˦]",
"tags": [
"Hà-Nội"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[kaː˨˩˦ ʂəw˨˩˦]",
"tags": [
"Huế"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[kaː˨˩˦ səw˨˩˦]",
"tags": [
"Huế"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[kaː˦˥ ʂəw˦˥]",
"note": "Saigon"
},
{
"ipa": "[kaː˦˥ səw˦˥]",
"note": "Saigon"
}
],
"word": "cá sấu"
}
Download raw JSONL data for cá sấu meaning in Vietnamese (1.6kB)
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