táo tàu

Vietnamese

Etymology

táo (“jujube; date”) +‎ tàu (“Chinese”).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [taːw˧˦ taw˨˩]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [taːw˨˩˦ taw˦˩]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [taːw˦˥ ta(ː)w˨˩]

Noun

(classifier quả, trái, cây) táo tàu • (棗艚)

(botany) Chinese jujube; Chinese date; red date (of the species Ziziphus jujuba)

Synonyms

đại táo, hồng táo

Related terms

táo ta (“Indian jujube”)
táo tây (“apple”)

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