cá sấu
See also: casáu
Vietnamese
Etymology
cá (“fish”) + sấu (“crocodile”).
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [kaː˧˦ səw˧˦]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [kaː˨˩˦ ʂəw˨˩˦]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [kaː˦˥ ʂəw˦˥] ~ [kaː˦˥ səw˦˥]
Noun
(classifier con) cá sấu (个/𩵜 + 䱸/𩽉/𩽤)
- crocodile
- (by extension) crocodilian
- (figuratively, slang, a play on sấu ~ xấu (“ugly”)) ugly person