nguyên tử

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 原子, composed of (original) and (small thing), from Japanese 原子 (genshi).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ŋwiən˧˧ tɨ˧˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ŋwiəŋ˧˧ tɨ˧˨]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ŋwiəŋ˧˧ tɨ˨˩˦]

Noun

nguyên tử

  1. (physics, chemistry) an atom

See also