báo lá cải

Vietnamese

Etymology

báo (“newspaper”) +‎ lá cải (“cabbage leaf”), calque of French feuille de chou (“rag”).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɓaːw˧˦ laː˧˦ kaːj˧˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɓaːw˨˩˦ laː˨˩˦ kaːj˧˨]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔɓaːw˦˥ laː˦˥ kaːj˨˩˦]

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Noun

(classifier tờ) báo lá cải

1. (journalism, publishing) tabloid