How do you say “chrysalis” in Vietnamese?

Q: How do you say "chrysalis" in Vietnamese?

"Chrysalis" in Vietnamese is nhộng (pupa).

“Chrysalis” in Vietnamese is nhộng (pupa).

Vietnamese words for “chrysalis”

nhộngnoun
Hanoi [ɲəwŋ͡m˧˨ʔ] · Saigon [ɲəwŋ͡m˨˩˨]nhộng heavy
pupa
for “chrysalis” meaning: A butterfly pupa or the pupal stage of the butterfly lifestyle; (originally) any pupal stage of any insect wherein the pupa is largely inactive and takes no food.

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