cá hề

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Vietnamese

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cá hề

Etymology

From cá (“fish”) +‎ hề (“clown”), calque of English clownfish.

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [kaː˧˦ he˨˩]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [kaː˨˩˦ hej˦˩]
(Saigon) IPA^(key): [kaː˦˥ hej˨˩]

Noun

(classifier con) cá hề

a clownfish
Synonym: cá hải quỳ

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