bọ chét

See also: bochet

Vietnamese

Etymology

bọ (“insect; bug”) + chét, from Proto-Vietic *cɛːt.

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ɓɔ˧˨ʔ t͡ɕɛt̚˧˦]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ɓɔ˨˩ʔ t͡ɕɛt̚˦˧˥]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ɓɔ˨˩˨ cɛk̚˦˥]

Noun

(classifier con) bọ chét (蜅/𧌂/𧏳/𧐾 + 折/𧋍)

a flea (parasitic insect)

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