trúc
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Vietnamese
Alternative forms
- (Southern Vietnam, obsolete) trước
Etymology
Sino-Vietnamese word from
This is an instance of semantic narrowing or alteration sometimes occurs with Sino-Vietnamese items. Compare also hồng (“pink”), from
Pronunciation
Noun
(classifier cây) trúc
- a member of the genus of bamboo, Phyllostachys
- Trúc xinh, trúc mọc đầu đình. Em xinh, em đứng một mình cũng xinh.
- Cute bamboo grows in front of the village portal. You're cute, too, but you're already cute by yourself.