cừu

See also: Appendix:Variations of "cuu"

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [kiw˨˩]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [kɨw˦˩]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) 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)

(zoology) sheep (of the genus Ovis)
Synonym: trừu

cừu cái ― ewe

cừu đực ― ram

áo lông cừu ― sheepswool clothing
(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

(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

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