đười ươi

Thân thiện

Trong vườn thú, một con đười ươi đang ngồi trên cành cây và ăn trái cây.

Definition

Noun: 1. Orangutan: A large, intelligent, long-haired ape with reddish-brown fur, native to the rainforests of Borneo and Sumatra. It is known for its human-like characteristics, such as the ability to walk on two legs.

Usage Examples

• (In the zoo of a friendly country, there is a clever orangutan.)
• (The orangutan is a large arboreal primate.)
• (The orangutan's habitat is being seriously threatened.)

Advanced Usage

• Con đười ươi: This is the standard and most common way to refer to an individual orangutan, using the classifier "con" for animals.
  • Con đười ươi đó đang bế con của nó. (That orangutan is holding its baby.)

Variants and Related Words

• Họ đười ươi (Pongidae): The biological family Pongidae, which includes orangutans. In modern taxonomy, this is often referred to as the great ape family.
• Orang-outang / Orang-outan: Archaic or alternative English spellings for "orangutan." The modern standard spelling is "orangutan."

Synonyms

• Orangutan (English): The direct and most precise translation.
• Vượn người (Vietnamese): A more general term meaning "anthropoid ape" or "great ape," which can also refer to gorillas and chimpanzees. "Đười ươi" is a specific type of "vượn người."

Học thuật

noun

1. orang-outang
   • con đười ươi