chuột
Vietnamese
Etymology
From Middle Vietnamese 𤝞 (chuọt, “mouse”), from Proto-Vietic *k-ɟɔːt (“squirrel”). Compare Chinese 鼠 and Japanese 鼠 (nezumi), both of which also refer to generic mouse or rat-like animals. Also compare Latin mūsculus (“muscle”, literally “little mouse”) and Ancient Greek μῦς (mûs, “mouse; muscle”).
The computing sense is a semantic loan from English mouse.
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [t͡ɕuət̚˧˨ʔ]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [t͡ɕuək̚˨˩ʔ]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [cuək̚˨˩˨]
- Homophone: chuộc
Noun
(classifier con) chuột (𤝞)
- a rat, a mouse or the like
- (anatomy, colloquial) biceps
- (electrical engineering, of a fluorescent light set) a starter
- (computing) a mouse
Derived terms
Derived terms
- chuột bạch (“white mouse”)
- chuột chít
- chuột chù (“shrew”)
- chuột chũi (“mole”)
- chuột cống (“rat”)
- chuột đồng (“vole”)
- chuột lang (“guinea pig”)
- chuột nhắt (“mouse”)
- chuột rút (“cramp”)
- chuột túi (“kangaroo”)
- chuột xạ
- dưa chuột (“cucumber”)
- đầu voi đuôi chuột