gấu trúc

== Vietnamese == === Etymology === gấu (“bear”) +‎ trúc (竹) (“a kind of bamboo”). Sometimes gấu mèo (literally “cat bear”) can be seen used as a synonym, but this is mostly seen in translation of Chinese sources that use 貓熊 / 猫熊 (māoxióng). In Vietnamese, gấu mèo usually refers to the raccoon. === Pronunciation === (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ɣəw˧˦ t͡ɕʊwk͡p̚˧˦] (Huế) IPA(key): [ɣəw˨˩˦ ʈʊwk͡p̚˦˧˥] (Saigon) IPA(key): [ɣəw˦˥ ʈʊwk͡p̚˦˥] === Noun === (classifier con) gấu trúc giant panda ==== Derived terms ==== gấu trúc đỏ (“red panda”)