sở thú

Vietnamese

Etymology

sở (“department, place”) +‎ thú (“animal”), literally "department/place of animals".

Apparently originally the colloquial nickname for the Saigon Zoo and Botanical Gardens, then became the term of "zoo" in general.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [səː˧˩ tʰu˧˦]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʂəː˧˨ tʰʊw˨˩˦] ~ [səː˧˨ tʰʊw˨˩˦]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʂəː˨˩˦ tʰʊw˦˥] ~ [səː˨˩˦ tʰʊw˦˥]

Noun

sở thú • (所獸)

  1. (Southern Vietnam, colloquial) zoo
    Synonyms: vườn bách thú, vườn thú, thảo cầm viên
    Ê bữa đi sở thú thấy mới rinh về con này nom hay hay nè.
    You know, the other day when I went to zoo, I saw that they have this new funny-looking animal.
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