cá hề

Vietnamese

Etymology

From cá (“fish”) +‎ hề (“clown”), calque of English clownfish.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [kaː˧˦ he˨˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [kaː˨˩˦ hej˦˩]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [kaː˦˥ hej˨˩]

Noun

(classifier con) cá hề

  1. a clownfish
    Synonym: cá hải quỳ
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