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gấu

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gấurisingsắc

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gấu means bear; date; romantic partner.

Classifier: con — e.g. một con gấu (one bear)

Meanings of gấu in English

Noun

  1. bear (large mammal of family Ursidae)
    • Truyện gấu ăn trăngTale of the Bear Who Ate the Moon
  2. slang date; romantic partner ≈ bạn traibạn gáibồ

Adjective

  1. colloquial bullylike; fierce

Noun

  1. hem; hemline

Words with gấu

đầu gấugấu Bắc Cựcgấu bônggấu chógấu lợngấu ngựagấu nướcgấu trắnggấu trúcgấu túigấu ó

Example sentences with gấu

  • Ở sở thú có gấu mèo. There are raccoons at the zoo.
  • Gấu mèo có ngủ đông không? Do raccoons hibernate?
  • Bạn đã từng thấy gấu koala bao giờ chưa? Have you ever seen a koala?
  • Tôi sợ gấu. I'm afraid of bears.
  • Nó chính là con gấu đói mà dân làng sợ hãi. It was the hungry bears that the villagers were afraid of.
  • Đó không còn là một con gấu nữa, mà là xác gấu rồi. That's not a bear anymore. That's bear goo.
  • Nếu bạn gặp hổ hoặc gấu, đừng cố trèo lên cây. Cả hai loài này đều trèo cây rất giỏi. If you meet a tiger or a bear, don't try to escape into a tree. Both can climb trees perfectly well.

Bilingual example sentences from Tatoeba (tatoeba.org, CC BY 2.0 FR).

Historical script (chữ Nôm / Hán)

Before the Latin alphabet (chữ Quốc ngữ) became standard, gấu could be written as 𤠰, 褠. Today Vietnamese is written only in the Latin alphabet.

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Vietic *c-guːʔ ~ *c-kuːʔ, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *ɟkaw. Cognate with Bahnar chơgơu and Proto-Katuic *hŋkaw.

Frequently asked questions

What does gấu mean in English?

gấu (noun) means "bear; date; romantic partner".

How do you pronounce gấu?

IPA: Hanoi [ɣəw˧˦]; Saigon [ɣəw˦˥]. Tones: gấu — rising tone (sắc).

What classifier is used with gấu?

Common classifiers: con — for example "một con gấu" (one bear).

Meanings, pronunciation and etymology from English Wiktionary (wiktionary.org, via kaikki.org; CC BY-SA 4.0), reviewed and edited; example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). IPA shown for three accents: Hanoi (Northern), Huế (Central) and Saigon (Southern). The Listen button uses your browser's Vietnamese voice, for reference only. Levels are approximate, estimated from word frequency. Spotted a mistake? Let NgonNgu know.