vịt trời

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

Etymology

vịt (duck) + trời (sky; wild of birds), literally "wild duck". Compare Chinese (tiān, sky) as in 天鵝天鹅 (thiên nga, swan, literally sky goose).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [vit̚˧˨ʔ t͡ɕəːj˨˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [vit̚˨˩ʔ ʈəːj˦˩]
  • (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [vɨt̚˨˩˨ ʈəːj˨˩] ~ [jɨt̚˨˩˨ ʈəːj˨˩]
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Noun

(classifier con) vịt trời

  1. a wigeon
  2. (humorous or disapproving) a daughter, with implied disappointment in the fact that she's a girl, or that she might have stereotypically disapproved feminine qualities such as nagging or loquacity
    Nhà tôi có năm con vịt trời.
    Oh boy, I've got five little princesses.

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