câu

See also: cau, cấu, cầu, cẩu, čau, cậu, and ĉaŭ

Vietnamese edit

Pronunciation edit

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [kəw˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [kəw˧˧]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [kəw˧˧]
Audio (Ho Chi Minh City) (file)

Etymology 1 edit

Diphthongized variant of cu.

chim câu

Noun edit

câu

Short for bồ câu (“dove”).

Etymology 2 edit

Sino-Vietnamese word from 句.

Alternative forms edit

(obsolete) cu

Noun edit

câu

sentence; expression; line

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Derived terms

Etymology 3 edit

From Proto-Vietic *kuː (“hook”); Sino-Vietnamese word from 鉤.

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Câu (hành động)

câu

Alternative forms edit

(obsolete) cu

Verb edit

câu • (鈎, 鉤)

to fish with a rod; to hook

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Derived terms

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