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cá đao

Pronunciation Northern /kaː˧˥ ɗaːw˧˧/ Central /ka̰ː˩˧ ɗaːw˧˥/ Southern /kaː˧˥ ɗaːw˧˧/
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sawfish
Noun
sawfish
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4 senses 2 Components
Meaning
4 senses
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Sense 1 Noun
sawfish Animals & PlantsTheme

A large fish with a long, flat snout with teeth that look like a saw.

vi Cá đao có hình dáng rất kỳ lạ.

en The sawfish has a very strange shape.

Sense 2 Noun
swordfish Animals & PlantsTheme

A large marine fish with an upper jaw that extends into a sword-like shape.

vi Ngư dân vừa bắt được một con cá đao lớn.

en The fisherman just caught a large swordfish.

Sense 3 Noun
wolf herring Animals & PlantsTheme

A marine fish with a long body and sharp teeth found in warm coastal waters.

vi Loài cá đao này thường sống ở vùng biển ấm.

en This wolf herring usually lives in warm coastal waters.

Sense 4 Noun
cutlassfish Animals & PlantsTheme

A type of fish with a long and thin body resembling the shape of a sword.

vi Cá đao là một món ăn phổ biến ở đây.

en Cutlassfish is a popular dish here.

Parts
cá / đao / 个刀
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Chinese characters Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
个刀
Candidates by syllable
cá 个(個 / 箇 / 𩵜) đao 刀(𣱼)
Bold marks a representative candidate assembled from per-syllable character mappings. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. It is not necessarily a source-aligned spelling for the whole word.
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phi đao / binh đao / nội đao / khai đao …
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cá nhân / chả cá lã vọng / cá thính / cá linh …
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