trùng

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕʊwŋ͡m˨˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʈʊwŋ͡m˦˩]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʈʊwŋ͡m˨˩]

Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese word from 蟲 (“animal”), from Literary Chinese 蟲 (drjuwng). In early Chinese, applied to all animals (see 五蟲／五虫 (“five animal groups”), namely 裸蟲／裸虫 (luǒchóng, “humans, amphibians and worms”, literally “bare animals”), 毛蟲／毛虫 (máochóng, “mammals”, literally “furry animals”), 羽蟲／羽虫 (“birds”, literally “feathered animals”), 鱗蟲／鳞虫 (“fish and reptiles”, literally “scaly animals”) and 甲蟲／甲虫 (jiǎchóng, “insects”, literally “armored animals”)), but later confined to very small ones, particularly worms, insects and microorganisms (such as the modern meaning of 毛蟲／毛虫 (máochóng, “caterpillar”, literally “furry bug”) and 甲蟲／甲虫 (jiǎchóng, “beetle”, literally “armored bug”)).

Noun

trùng

1. a microorganism

   trùng (đế) giày ― a member of Paramecium (literally, “sole bug”)

   trùng roi ― a flagellate (literally, “whip bug”)

2. an insect

Usage notes

Used as a free noun in some poems, but mostly occurs as a bound affix.

See also

• côn trùng
• động vật nguyên sinh

Etymology 2

Sino-Vietnamese word from 重 (“to repeat; -fold”), from Literary Chinese 重 (drjowng). Doublet of trọng.

Verb

trùng

1. to coincide

   Ngày nghỉ trùng với chủ nhật nên được nghỉ bù.

   We get a compensatory day off because the holiday is on a Sunday.

Affix

trùng

1. -fold

See also

Derived terms

• bài trùng
• cửu trùng
• muôn trùng
• ngàn trùng
• nghìn trùng
• trùng cửu
• trùng dương
• trùng điệp
• trùng lặp