gấu trúc

Vietnamese

Etymology

gấu (“bear”) +‎ trúc (竹) (“a kind of bamboo”).

Sometimes gấu mèo (literally “cat bear”) can be seen used as a synonym, but this is mostly seen in translation of Chinese sources that use 貓熊 / 猫熊 (māoxióng). In Vietnamese, gấu mèo usually refers to the raccoon.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ɣəw˧˦ t͡ɕʊwk͡p̚˧˦]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ɣəw˨˩˦ ʈʊwk͡p̚˦˧˥]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ɣəw˦˥ ʈʊwk͡p̚˦˥]

Noun

(classifier con) gấu trúc

  1. giant panda

Derived terms

  • gấu trúc đỏ (“red panda”)
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