cẩu

See also: cau, cấu, câu, cầu, čau, cậu, and ĉaŭ

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [kəw˧˩]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [kəw˧˨]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [kəw˨˩˦]

Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese word from 狗.

Noun

(classifier con) cẩu

(rare, euphemistic) a dog (animal)

Etymology 2

Verb

cẩu

to lift with a crane

Noun

(classifier cái) cẩu

Short for cần cẩu (“crane (lifting device)”).

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