nhộng

See also: nhông and nhóng

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 蛹 (“pupa; chrysalis”, SV: dõng, dũng).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ɲəwŋ͡m˧˨ʔ]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ɲəwŋ͡m˨˩ʔ]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ɲəwŋ͡m˨˩˨]

Noun

(classifier con) nhộng • (蛹, 𧊊) (phonemic reduplicative nhồng nhộng)

  1. pupa

See also

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