cá nheo
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Definition
- Noun:
- Mudfish, sheatfish: "Cá nheo" refers to a type of freshwater catfish, typically characterized by a long body, smooth scaleless skin, and prominent barbels (whisker-like sensory organs) around the mouth. It is a common food fish in Vietnam.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Mẹ tôi mua một con cá nheo để nấu canh chua. (My mother bought a sheatfish to cook sour soup.)
- Cá nheo thường sống ở tầng đáy của sông và hồ. (Mudfish often live at the bottom of rivers and lakes.)
- Món cá nheo kho tộ là một đặc sản của miền Tây. (Clay pot braised sheatfish is a specialty of the Mekong Delta region.)
Advanced Usage
"Nuôi cá nheo": to farm/raise sheatfish.
- Mô hình nuôi cá nheo trong ao đang phát triển mạnh. (The model of farming sheatfish in ponds is developing strongly.)
"Câu cá nheo": to go fishing for sheatfish.
- Anh ấy rất thích đi câu cá nheo vào cuối tuần. (He really likes to go sheatfish fishing on weekends.)
Variants and Related Words
Họ cá nheo (Siluridae): The biological family Siluridae, which includes many species of sheatfish.
- Cá nheo thuộc họ cá nheo Siluridae. (The sheatfish belongs to the Siluridae family.)
Cá trê: Another type of catfish (family Clariidae), often confused with "cá nheo" but generally has a more flattened head and different dorsal fin structure.
Synonyms
- Cá da trơn: A general term for catfish (literally "smooth-skinned fish"). "Cá nheo" is a specific type of "cá da trơn".
- Silure (French loanword used in scientific/technical contexts): catfish, silurus.
Related Phrases
- Lươn như cá nheo: (Idiom) To be as slippery as a sheatfish; meaning to be evasive, tricky, or hard to pin down.
- Tên tội phạm đó lươn như cá nheo, cảnh sát khó bắt lắm. (That criminal is as slippery as an eel [sheatfish], the police find it very hard to catch him.)
- Mudfish, sheatfish