cầm thú

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 禽獸, composed of 禽 (“bird”) and 獸 (“beast”)

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [kəm˨˩ tʰu˧˦]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [kəm˦˩ tʰʊw˨˩˦]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [kəm˨˩ tʰʊw˦˥]

Noun

cầm thú

  1. (literary, collective) animals

Adjective

cầm thú

  1. (figurative, literary) bestial
    Synonyms: thú tính, thú vật
    Đồ cầm thú!
    You animal!
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