côn trùng

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 昆蟲, composed of 昆 (“swarming; proliferating; infesting”) and 蟲 (“animal”).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [kon˧˧ t͡ɕʊwŋ͡m˨˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [koŋ˧˧ ʈʊwŋ͡m˦˩]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [koŋ˧˧ ʈʊwŋ͡m˨˩]

Noun

(classifier con) côn trùng

  1. an insect

See also

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