lột xác

Vietnamese

Etymology

lột (“to strip off, to slough”) +‎ xác (“body, corpse”).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [lot̚˧˨ʔ saːk̚˧˦]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [lok̚˨˩ʔ saːk̚˦˧˥]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [lok̚˨˩˨ saːk̚˦˥]

Verb

(of animals, especially insects) to moult (shed skin)

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