cá kình

Vietnamese edit

Etymology edit

cá (“fish”) + Chinese 鯨／鲸 (“whale”).

Pronunciation edit

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [kaː˧˦ kïŋ˨˩]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [kaː˨˩˦ kɨn˦˩]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [kaː˦˥ kɨn˨˩]

Noun edit

(classifier con) cá kình

(obsolete) whale
killer whale

Synonyms edit

kình ngư; cá voi

Noun edit

(classifier con) cá kình

(dialectal) a species of fish found in Hue, Vietnam

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