chuồn chuồn

Vietnamese

Etymology

Reduplication of chuồn.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [t͡ɕuən˨˩ t͡ɕuən˨˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [t͡ɕuəŋ˦˩ t͡ɕuəŋ˦˩]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [cuəŋ˨˩ cuəŋ˨˩]

Noun

(classifier con) chuồn chuồn • (𧋃𧋃, 𧓆𧓆)

  1. dragonfly
    Synonym: (An Truyền region) vìn vịn
    Chuồn chuồn bay thấp thì mưa, bay cao thì nắng, bay vừa thì râm.
    It will be sunny if dragonflies fly high, rainy if low, cloudy if just not too high or too low.

Derived terms

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