How do you say “mayfly” in Vietnamese?

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

"Mayfly" in Vietnamese is thiêu thân (mayfly), phù du (a mayfly).

“Mayfly” in Vietnamese is thiêu thân (mayfly), phù du (a mayfly).

Vietnamese words for “mayfly”

thiêu thânnoun
Hanoi [tʰiəw˧˧ tʰən˧˧] · Saigon [tʰiw˧˧ tʰəŋ˧˧]thiêu level thân level
mayfly; moth
for “mayfly” meaning: Any of the many fragile insects of the order Ephemeroptera that develop in fresh water and live very briefly as winged adults.
phù dunoun
Hanoi [fu˨˩ zu˧˧] · Saigon [fʊw˨˩ jʊw˧˧]phù falling du level
a mayfly
for “mayfly” meaning: Any of the many fragile insects of the order Ephemeroptera that develop in fresh water and live very briefly as winged adults.

Related Vietnamese words

vờnoun
mayfly

Translations matched from English Wiktionary (translation tables and Vietnamese entries, via kaikki.org; CC BY-SA 4.0) and the NgonNgu English–Vietnamese dictionary, reviewed and edited; examples from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). The Listen button uses your browser's Vietnamese voice.