thạch sùng
Vietnamese
Etymology
Sino-Vietnamese word from 石崇, from Chinese (deprecated template usage) 石崇 (Shí Chóng), a character from a folktale who died, turned into a house gecko and always tsked over his loss of fortune (which was likened to the way house geckos cry), and was based on a historical figure of the Jin dynasty.
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [tʰajk̟̚˧˨ʔ sʊwŋ͡m˨˩]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [tʰat̚˨˩ʔ ʂʊwŋ͡m˦˩] ~ [tʰat̚˨˩ʔ sʊwŋ͡m˦˩]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [tʰat̚˨˩˨ ʂʊwŋ͡m˨˩] ~ [tʰat̚˨˩˨ sʊwŋ͡m˨˩]
Noun
- a common house gecko
- Synonym: thằn lằn