cú đêm

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Vietnamese

Etymology

cú (“owl”) +‎ đêm (“night”).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ku˧˦ ʔɗem˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [kʊw˨˩˦ ʔɗem˧˧]
(Saigon) IPA^(key): [kʊw˦˥ ʔɗem˧˧]

Verb

to stay up very late or to pull an all-nighter
Tối nay cú đêm ôn tập để thi.
Tonight I'm gonna pull an all-nighter to study for exams.

Noun

a night owl

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Vietnamese nouns without classifiers