cha đẻ

Vietnamese

Etymology

cha (“father”) +‎ đẻ (“biological”), literally “birth father”.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [t͡ɕaː˧˧ ʔɗɛ˧˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [t͡ɕaː˧˧ ʔɗɛ˧˨]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [caː˧˧ ʔɗɛ˨˩˦]

Noun

cha đẻ

  1. (literally) birth father
  2. (figurative) founder, author, creator or inventor of something
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