cây
cây - Vietnamese
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA: [kəj˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA: [kəj˧˧]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA: [kəj˧˧]
Noun
(classifier cái) cây • (核,荄,𣘃)
- a plant with a hard trunk or stem, such as a woody tree or bamboo, as opposed to cỏ (“(soft-stemmed) grass”)
- (by extension) a plant (including trees and grasses), or more rarely, a mushroom
- (colloquial) Short for cây số (“kilometre/kimometer”).
- Nhà tui cách Sài Gòn cỡ năm chục cây.
- My house is about fifty kilometres from Sài Gòn.
Classifier
- Indicates plants
- Indicates stick/rod-like objects
- Synonym: thanh
- (music) Indicates string instruments and some other types of musical instruments