cậu

See also: cau, cấu, câu, cầu, cẩu, čau, and ĉaŭ

Vietnamese

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 舅 (“maternal uncle”; SV: cữu).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [kəw˧˨ʔ]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [kəw˨˩ʔ]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [kəw˨˩˨]

Noun

cậu (舅)

a maternal uncle (mother's brother)
a young male master
a younger male stranger
(dialectal, Central Vietnam) a father

See also

Pronoun

cậu (舅)

(polite, familiar, to a peer) you

See also

tớ

Pronoun

cậu

(non-familiar, to a younger male stranger) you

See also

tôi

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