môi trường

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from (medium) and (field). Compare 媒質 / 媒质 (méizhì).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [moj˧˧ t͡ɕɨəŋ˨˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [moj˧˧ ʈɨəŋ˦˩]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [moj˧˧ ʈɨəŋ˨˩]

Noun

môi trường

  1. environment; surroundings
  2. (sciences) a medium; material for transmission or propagation

Adjective

môi trường

  1. environmental; surrounding
    ô nhiễm môi trườngenvironmental pollution