chuột

Vietnamese

Etymology

From Middle Vietnamese 𤝞 (chuọt, “mouse”), from Proto-Vietic *k-ɟɔːt (“squirrel”). Compare Chinese 鼠 (shǔ) 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)

murid, rodent in the family Muridae
Hyponyms: chuột nhắt (“mouse”), chuột cống (“rat”)

bẫy chuột ― trap to catch rats or mice
(in compounds) rat-like animal
Hyponyms: chuột đồng (“vole”), chuột chù (“shrew”), chuột chũi (“mole”), chuột túi (“kangaroo”)
(anatomy, colloquial) biceps
(electrical engineering, of a fluorescent light set) a starter
(computer hardware) a mouse

Derived terms

Derived terms

chuột bạch (“white mouse”)
chuột chít
chuột choắt
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

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