cậu
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Vietnamese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Vietic *guːʔ, from Old Chinese 舅 (OC *[ɡ](r)uʔ) (B-S) (SV: cữu).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [kəw˧˨ʔ]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [kəw˨˩ʔ]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [kəw˨˩˨]
Audio (Hà Nội) (file)
Noun[edit]
- a maternal uncle (mother's brother)
- a young male master
- a younger male stranger
- (Central Vietnam) a father
See also[edit]
Derived terms
Pronoun[edit]
- I/me, your mother's brother
- you, my mother's brother
- Antonym: cháu
- (familiar) you, my peer who I know is as old as me
- Antonym: tớ
- (familiar) you, a male younger than me
- Antonym: tôi
- (honorific) you, my young master, my old master's son
- (narratology) you, a young boy or man
- Antonym: tôi
- (narratology) he/him, a young boy or man
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