cũi

Vietnamese

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 櫃 (“cupboard; cabinet”, SV: quỹ). Doublet of quỹ.

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [kuj˦ˀ˥]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [kuj˧˨]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [kuj˨˩˦]

Noun

(classifier cái) cũi

a square, cuboid cage, used to cage larger animals or humans; compare lồng (“round, cylindrical cage”)
a playpen

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