trùng

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕʊwŋ͡m˨˩]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ʈʊwŋ͡m˦˩]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʈʊwŋ͡m˨˩]

Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese word from 蟲.

Noun

trùng

(chiefly in compounds) insect; bug
(chiefly in compounds) protozoan
(chiefly in compounds) Short for vi trùng (“microbe; germ”).

Etymology 2

Sino-Vietnamese word from 重.

Verb

trùng

to coincide (with something in time)
to resemble (each other); to be the same (as)

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