cũi

Vietnamese

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 櫃 (“cupboard; cabinet”, SV: quỹ). Doublet of quỹ.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [kuj˦ˀ˥]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [kuj˧˨]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [kuj˨˩˦]

Noun

(classifier cái) cũi

1. a square, cuboid cage, used to cage larger animals or humans; compare lồng (“round, cylindrical cage”)
2. a playpen