How do you say “skeleton” in Vietnamese?

“Skeleton” in Vietnamese is bộ xương (a skeleton).

Vietnamese words for “skeleton”

• bộ xươngListennoun
  Hanoi [ʔɓo˧˨ʔ sɨəŋ˧˧] · Saigon [ʔɓow˨˩˨ sɨəŋ˧˧]bộ heavy xương level

  a skeleton

  for “skeleton” meaning: The system that provides support to an organism, where in vertebrates it is internal and consists of bones and cartilage, and external in some other animals.

Related Vietnamese words

• khungListennoun

  frame; chassis

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