How do you say “tilapia” in Vietnamese?

Q: How do you say "tilapia" in Vietnamese?

"Tilapia" in Vietnamese is cá rô phi (tilapia).

“Tilapia” in Vietnamese is cá rô phi (tilapia).

Vietnamese words for “tilapia”

cá rô phinoun
Hanoi [kaː˧˦ zo˧˧ fi˧˧] · Saigon [kaː˦˥ ɹow˧˧ fɪj˧˧]cá rising rô level phi level
tilapia
for “tilapia” meaning: Any of various edible fish, formerly species of the genus Tilapia, but now placed in other cichlid genera (such as Oreochromis), native to Africa and the Middle East but cultivated worldwide.

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