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Vietnamese

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Alternative forms

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• vịt giời

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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• (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [vit̚˧˨ʔ t͡ɕəːj˨˩]
• (Huế) IPA(key): [vit̚˨˩ʔ ʈəːj˦˩]
• (Saigon) IPA(key): [vɨt̚˨˩˨ ʈəːj˨˩] ~ [jɨt̚˨˩˨ ʈəːj˨˩]

• Audio (Hà Nội):

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Noun

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(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.

See also

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• hai người đàn bà và một con vịt thành cái chợ

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