cật

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Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Noun

(classifier trái) cật

  1. (colloquial) kidney
    Synonym: thận

Noun

cật

  1. (rare) loin
    • 15th century, Hồng Đức quốc âm thi tập (Collection of poems in our nation's language in the Hồng Đức era (1470 - 1497 CE)), folio 61a
      𨎠𦛋萌葸恾匝匝
      𨕭頭斤雪𤽸披披
      Trước cật mảnh tơi mang tướp tướp;
      Trên đầu cân tuyết trắng phau phau (phơ phơ).
      The palm-leaf coat, rent and torn, is on the loins worn;
      A catty of snow, spotless white, is on the head borne.
  2. outer layer of bamboo; bark

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