trúc

See also: truck, truc, truć, trực, trục, and truç

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

• (Southern Vietnam, obsolete) trước

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 竹 (“bamboo”).

This is an instance of semantic narrowing or alteration sometimes occurs with Sino-Vietnamese items. Compare also hồng (“pink”), from 紅／红 (“red”).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕʊwk͡p̚˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʈʊwk͡p̚˦˧˥]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʈʊwk͡p̚˦˥]

Noun

(classifier cây) trúc

1. 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.

See also

• tre
• nứa