cá hề

Vietnamese

Etymology

From cá (“fish”) +‎ hề (“clown”), calque of English clownfish.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [kaː˧˦ he˨˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [kaː˨˩˦ hej˦˩]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [kaː˦˥ hej˨˩]

Noun

(classifier con) cá hề

1. a clownfish

   Synonym: cá hải quỳ