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]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [cuək̚˨˩˨ ʔɓat̚˨˩˨]

Noun

(classifier con) chuột bạch

1. a white mouse, especially a white laboratory mouse