chuột chù

Vietnamese

Etymology

Attested as chụât chù in the Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum (1651).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕuət̚˧˨ʔ t͡ɕu˨˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕuək̚˨˩ʔ t͡ɕʊw˦˩]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [cuək̚˨˩˨ cʊw˨˩]

Noun

(classifier con) chuột chù

1. shrew (mammals of the family Soricidae)
2. shrew (certain other small mammals that resemble true shrews)
3. (now informal) musk shrew (any of Crocidura spp.)

   Synonym: chuột xạ

4. (by extension) solenodon