cá kình

Vietnamese

Etymology

cá (“fish”) + Chinese 鯨 / 鲸 (“whale”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

(classifier con) cá kình

  1. (obsolete) whale
    Synonyms: kình ngư, cá voi
  2. killer whale
    Synonyms: cá hổ kình, cá voi sát thủ

Noun

(classifier con) cá kình

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