cá kình

Vietnamese

Etymology

cá ("fish") + Sino-Vietnamese word from 鯨 (“whale”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

(obsolete) whale
killer whale

Synonyms

kình ngư; cá voi

Noun

(dialectal) a species of fish found in Hue, Vietnam

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