cừu

See also: Appendix:Variations of "cuu"

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [kiw˨˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [kɨw˦˩]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [kɨw˨˩]

Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese word from 裘 (“fur coat”). Semantically parallel to chiên (“lamb, young sheep (archaic)”) from 氈 (“felt (textile material)”).

Noun

(classifier con) cừu • (⿰羊芻)

1. (zoology) sheep (of the genus Ovis)

   Synonym: trừu

   cừu cái ― ewe

   cừu đực ― ram

   áo lông cừu ― sheepswool clothing

2. (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

Derived terms

• nhảy cừu (“to leapfrog”)
• thịt cừu (“mutton”)

 

Etymology 2

Sino-Vietnamese word from 仇.

Noun

cừu

1. (only in compounds) hatred; enemy

Derived terms

• cừu địch (仇敵, “enemy”)
• cừu gia (“enemy”)
• cừu hận (仇恨)
• cừu quốc (“hostile country”)
• cừu thị (仇視)
• cừu thù (仇讎)
• địch cừu (敵仇, “enemy”)
• hận cừu (恨仇)
• oan cừu (冤仇)
• oán cừu (怨仇)
• tuyết cừu (“to get revenge”)

 

References

• "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