khỉ đột

Vietnamese

Etymology

khỉ (“ape; monkey”) +‎ đột (“to dash; suddenly”).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [xi˧˩ ʔɗot̚˧˨ʔ]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [kʰɪj˧˨ ʔɗok̚˨˩ʔ]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [kʰɪj˨˩˦ ʔɗok̚˨˩˨]

Noun

(classifier con) khỉ đột

  1. a gorilla (a kind of ground-dwelling great ape)

Synonyms

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