cây số
Vietnamese
Alternative forms
- (shortened) cây
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [kəj˧˧ so˧˦]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [kəj˧˧ ʂow˨˩˦] ~ [kəj˧˧ sow˨˩˦]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [kəj˧˧ ʂow˦˥] ~ [kəj˧˧ sow˦˥]
Noun
- a marker made of concrete, similar to a headstone, that marks each kilometer on a road
- (colloquial) kilometer/kilometre
- (Can we date this quote?), “Bạn tôi”, performed by Quang Linh:
- Bạn tôi sáng đạp xe hai mươi cây số
- My friend rides twenty kilometers on his bicycle
- 2018 August 10, Trầm Hương Thơ, “Cộng Đồng Công Giáo Việt Nam miền Trung Tây Đức Quốc hành hương Đức Mẹ Lộ Đức [Vietnamese Catholic Community of West-Central Germany goes on a pilgrimage to Our Lady of Lourdes]”, in VietCatholic News, retrieved 2022-07-23:
References
- "cây số" in Hồ Ngọc Đức, Free Vietnamese Dictionary Project (details)
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