cá voi
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Definition
- Noun:
- Whale: A very large marine mammal that breathes air through a blowhole, has a streamlined body, and is a member of the order Cetacea.
- (In a specific, dated Vietnamese context): Refers to the industry, vessels, or people involved in hunting whales.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Cá voi là động vật có vú sống ở biển. (The whale is a mammal that lives in the sea.)
- Chúng tôi đã nhìn thấy một con cá voi lưng gù trên biển. (We saw a humpback whale in the ocean.)
- Ngành công nghiệp đánh cá voi từng rất phát triển. (The whaling industry was once very developed.)
Advanced Usage
- "Cá voi" in historical/industrial contexts: Used in compound terms related to whaling, a practice now largely banned or restricted.
- Tàu đánh cá voi thường có hành trình rất dài. (Whaling ships often had very long voyages.)
Variants and Related Words
- Cá heo (n): Dolphin. A smaller, toothed cetacean.
- Cá nhà táng (n): Sperm whale. A specific type of large, toothed whale.
- Cá voi xanh (n): Blue whale. The largest animal known to have ever existed.
- Cá voi sát thủ (n): Killer whale / Orca. Actually the largest species of dolphin.
Synonyms
- Ông cá voi (n, poetic): A poetic or folkloric term for whale, often personified.
- Cá ông (n, regional): A term used by some coastal communities in Vietnam to refer to whales, which are sometimes revered.
Related Phrases / Compound Terms
- Đánh bắt cá voi (v phrase): To hunt whales; to engage in whaling.
- Bảo tồn cá voi (v phrase): Whale conservation.
- Tiếng hát của cá voi (n phrase): Whale song.
Related Idioms
- To như cá voi: (As) big as a whale. An idiom used to describe someone or something as very large or fat.
- Sau kỳ nghỉ, nó to như cá voi. (After the holiday, he's as big as a whale.)
- Whale