chuột túi

Vietnamese

Etymology

chuột (“rat; mouse”) +‎ túi (“pouch”), calque of Chinese 袋鼠 (đại thử, literally “pouched rat”).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [t͡ɕuət̚˧˨ʔ tuj˧˦]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [t͡ɕuək̚˨˩ʔ tuj˨˩˦]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [cuək̚˨˩˨ tuj˦˥]

Noun

(classifier con) chuột túi

  1. kangaroo
    Synonym: căng-gu-ru
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