bề bề

Vietnamese

Etymology

Perhaps a non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 皮皮 (SV: bì bì), as in 皮皮蝦 (bì bì hà, “mantis shrimp”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

(classifier con) bề bề

(Northern Vietnam) mantis shrimp

Synonyms

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