nhộng

See also: nhông

Vietnamese

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]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ɲəwŋ͡m˨˩˨]

Noun

nhộng

a pupa

See also

kén

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