châu chấu

See also: Chau Chau

Vietnamese

Etymology

Reduplicated from earlier *chấu, from Proto-Vietic *coːʔ; cognates including Chứt cucùː⁴, Thổ cow¹ cow³, Hoà Bình Muong coː¹ coː³, Sơn La Muong kɔːn¹ coː³, Thanh Hoá Muong coː¹ coː³, Muong Bi chồ chồ coː³ coː³.

Pronunciation

Noun

(classifier con) châu chấu • ( + ///𧋀/𧍌/𧎝)

  1. a flat-headed grasshopper or locust
    Nực cười châu chấu đá xe;
    Tưởng rằng chấu ngã, ai dè xe nghiêng
    How ludicrous it is: the grasshopper kicking the cart;
    'Twas thought the grasshopper would fall, who foresaw the cart rolling over instead?
    • Exodus 10:4; 2011 Vietnamese translation; English translation from the New Revised Standard Version
      For if you refuse to let my people go, tomorrow I will bring locusts into your country.
      Vì nếu ngươi từ chối không cho dân Ta đi, ngày mai Ta sẽ đem châu chấu vào trong đất nước ngươi.
  2. (taxonomy) a grasshopper (an insect of the suborder Caelifera)

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