chào mào

Vietnamese

chim chào mào

Etymology

The second element is mào (“crest”), while the first element is fairly obscure.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕaːw˨˩ maːw˨˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕaːw˦˩ maːw˦˩]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [caːw˨˩ maːw˨˩]

Noun

(classifier con) chào mào

1. a red-whiskered bulbul; crested bulbul