sâu

See also: sau, Sau, SAU, sáu, său, s-au, sau-, and sa'u

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Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [səw˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʂəw˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʂəw˧˧] ~ [səw˧˧]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Vietic *c-ruː (“deep”), from Proto-Mon-Khmer *ɟruuʔ ~ *ɟruh ~ *rɟuh (“deep”). Cognate with Nghệ An/Hà Tĩnh dialects su, Muong khu, Khmer ជ្រៅ (crɨw), Bahnar jrŭ, Pacoh chru.

Adjective

sâu (溇, 漊)

1. deep (having its bottom far down)

   Antonym: nông

Derived terms

Derived terms

• chuyên sâu
• sâu rộng

• sâu sắc

• sâu xa

Adverb

sâu (溇, 漊)

1. deeply

Etymology 2

Noun

(classifier con) sâu (𧒇)

1. (zoology) caterpillar

Derived terms

Derived terms

• sâu bọ