mèo tam thể

Vietnamese

Etymology

From mèo (“cat”) +‎ tam thể (“three colours”), a non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 三采 (SV: tam thải).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [mɛw˨˩ taːm˧˧ tʰe˧˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [mɛw˦˩ taːm˧˧ tʰej˧˨]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [mɛw˨˩ taːm˧˧ tʰej˨˩˦]
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Noun

(classifier con) mèo tam thể

  1. calico cat

See also

  • mèo nhị thể
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