cá trê
Pronunciation
Northern
/kaː˧˥ ʨe˧˧/
Central
/ka̰ː˩˧ tʂe˧˥/
Southern
/kaː˧˥ tʂe˧˧/
Listen
catfish
Noun
catfish
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Meaning
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Meaning
1 senses
Sense 1
Noun
catfish
A type of catfish that is capable of breathing atmospheric air using a specialized organ.
vi Con cá trê này có thể sống trong bùn lầy một thời gian dài.
en This catfish can live in the mud for a long time.
Parts
cá / trê / Inherited from Proto-Vietic …
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Parts
cá / trê / Inherited from Proto-Vietic …
OriginInherited from Proto-Vietic
Chinese characters
Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
个𩵾
Candidates by syllable
cá
个（個 / 箇 / 𩵜）
trê
𩵾（𩸴）
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.
Similar
đầu bẹt cá trê / râu trê / siluriform fish
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Similar
đầu bẹt cá trê / râu trê / siluriform fish
Use
thề cá trê chui ống / cá trê chui ống / cá nhân / chả cá lã vọng …
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Use
thề cá trê chui ống / cá trê chui ống / cá nhân / chả cá lã vọng …