thuồng luồng

See also: thương lượng

Vietnamese

Etymology

Disyllabic non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 龍 (SV: long) (Maspero, 1912). Compare rồng.

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [tʰuəŋ˨˩ luəŋ˨˩]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [tʰuəŋ˦˩ luəŋ˦˩]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [tʰuəŋ˨˩ luəŋ˨˩]

Noun

(classifier con) thuồng luồng

(mythology) aquatic serpent-like monster.
(archaic) a crocodile

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