chúa sơn lâm

Vietnamese

Etymology

chúa (“lord”) + Chinese 山林 (shānlín, “mountains and forest”).

Pronunciation
  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [t͡ɕuə˧˦ səːn˧˧ ləm˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [t͡ɕuə˨˩˦ ʂəːŋ˧˧ ləm˧˧]
  • (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [cuə˦˥ ʂəːŋ˧˧ ləm˧˧] ~ [cuə˦˥ səːŋ˧˧ ləm˧˧]

Noun

chúa sơn lâm

  1. king of the jungle (the title for the tiger)

Usage notes
  • This titled may also be inaccurately used for the lion, which is also dubbed "king of the jungle", even though the better-known lion population in Africa doesn't really live in the jungle.
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