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