cừu
See also: Appendix:Variations of "cuu"
Vietnamese
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editSino-Vietnamese word from 裘 (“fur coat”). Semantically parallel to chiên (“lamb, young sheep (archaic)”) from 氈 (“felt (textile material)”).
Noun
edit- (zoology) sheep (of the genus Ovis)
- (athletics) hurdle (artificial barrier over which athletes jump in a race)
- nhảy giạng chân qua cừu ― to jump over a hurdle with legs spread wide
Derived terms
editDerived terms
Etymology 2
editSino-Vietnamese word from 仇.
Noun
editcừu
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- "cừu" in Hồ Ngọc Đức, Free Vietnamese Dictionary Project (details)
- Trần (2004)
- “VN-F0484”, in IRG Working Set 2021 (v3.0), Ideographic Rapporteur Group, 2022, retrieved 2022-08-13