sở thú

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Vietnamese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

sở (“department, place”) +‎ thú (“animal”), literally "department/place of animals".

Apparently originally the colloquial nickname for the Saigon Zoo and Botanical Gardens, then became the term of "zoo" in general.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [səː˧˩ tʰu˧˦]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʂəː˧˨ tʰʊw˨˩˦] ~ [səː˧˨ tʰʊw˨˩˦] invalid IPA characters (][)
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʂəː˨˩˦ tʰʊw˦˥] ~ [səː˨˩˦ tʰʊw˦˥] invalid IPA characters (][)

Noun[edit]

sở thú • (所獸)

  1. (Southern Vietnam, colloquial) zoo
    Synonyms: vườn bách thú, vườn thú
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