khoa học

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 科學, composed of 科 (“discipline”) and 學 (“study”), orthographic borrowing from Japanese 科学(かがく) (kagaku, literally “study of many disciplines”).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [xwaː˧˧ hawk͡p̚˧˨ʔ]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [kʰwaː˧˧ hawk͡p̚˨˩ʔ] ~ [xwaː˧˧ hawk͡p̚˨˩ʔ]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [kʰwaː˧˧ hawk͡p̚˨˩˨] ~ [xwaː˧˧ hawk͡p̚˨˩˨]
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Noun

khoa học

  1. science
    nhà khoa học ― scientist

Derived terms

Adjective

khoa học

  1. scientific
  2. academic
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