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˨˩˦]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [kəm˨˩ tʰʊw˦˥]
Noun
cầm thú
- (literary, collective) Synonym of chim muông (“animals”)
Adjective
cầm thú
- (figuratively) bestial
- Đồ cầm thú!
- Why you savage animal!
- Synonym: thú tính