chuột bạch

Vietnamese

Etymology

chuột (“mouse; rat”) + Chinese 白 (“white”), calque of Chinese 白鼠 (bạch thử)

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕuət̚˧˨ʔ ʔɓajk̟̚˧˨ʔ]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕuək̚˨˩ʔ ʔɓat̚˨˩ʔ]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [cuək̚˨˩˨ ʔɓat̚˨˩˨]

Noun

(classifier con) chuột bạch

a white mouse, especially a white laboratory mouse

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