cá kiếm
Pronunciation
Northern
/kaː˧˥ kiəm˧˥/
Central
/ka̰ː˩˧ kiə̰m˩˧/
Southern
/kaː˧˥ kiəm˧˥/
Listen
swordfish
Noun
swordfish
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Meaning
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Meaning
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Noun
swordfish Animals & Pets
Animals
A large predatory sea fish with a long, flat, sword-like bill that is used for defense and hunting.
vi Cá kiếm có thể bơi với tốc độ rất nhanh trong đại dương.
en Swordfish can swim at very high speeds in the ocean.
Parts
cá / kiếm / A compound of cá + kiếm …
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Parts
cá / kiếm / A compound of cá + kiếm …
OriginA compound of cá + kiếm
Chinese characters
Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
个劍
Candidates by syllable
cá
个（個 / 箇 / 𩵜）
kiếm
劍
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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swordfish
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swordfish
Use
cá nhân / chả cá lã vọng / cá thính / cá linh …
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Use
cá nhân / chả cá lã vọng / cá thính / cá linh …