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˦˧˥]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [lok̚˨˩˨ saːk̚˦˥]

Verb

lột xác

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