vịt trời
Vietnamese edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
vịt (“duck”) + trời (“sky; wild of birds”), literally "wild duck". Compare Chinese 天 (tiān, “sky”) as in 天鵝/天鹅 (thiên nga, “swan”, literally “sky goose”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [vit̚˧˨ʔ t͡ɕəːj˨˩]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [vit̚˨˩ʔ ʈəːj˦˩]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [vɨt̚˨˩˨ ʈəːj˨˩] ~ [jɨt̚˨˩˨ ʈəːj˨˩]
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Noun edit
- a wigeon
- (humorous or disapproving) a daughter, with implied disappointment in the fact that she's a girl, or that she might have stereotypically disapproved feminine qualities such as nagging or loquacity
- Nhà tôi có năm con vịt trời.
- Oh boy, I've got five little princesses.