cầy
Pronunciation
Northern
/kə̤j˨˩/
Central
/kəj˧˧/
Southern
/kəj˨˩/
civet or viverrid
Noun
civet or viverrid
3 senses
Details
3 senses
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Details
3 senses
Sense 1
Noun
civet or viverrid
A small mammal belonging to the Viverridae family that typically lives in forests.
vi Con cầy thường đi kiếm ăn vào ban đêm trong rừng.
en The civet often forages at night in the forest.
Sense 2
Noun
dog meat
Another name used to refer to dog meat in the culinary culture of some regions.
vi Người dân ở đây gọi món này là thịt cầy.
en The people here call this dish dog meat.
Sense 3
Noun
Irvingia malayana tree
A large woody tree species that typically grows naturally in tropical forests.
vi Cây cầy có thân gỗ rất chắc chắn.
en The Irvingia malayana tree has a very solid woody trunk.
Form
Chinese characters / chữ Nôm / syllables
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Form
Chinese characters / chữ Nôm / syllables
Chinese characters
Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
猉
Candidates by syllable
cầy
猉（𦓿）
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.