tử số

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 子數, composed of 子 (“child”) and 數 (“number”). The notion of a "child number" comes from 分子 (phân tử), one of the discrete parts left after a division.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [tɨ˧˩ so˧˦]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [tɨ˧˨ ʂow˨˩˦] ~ [tɨ˧˨ sow˨˩˦]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [tɨ˨˩˦ ʂow˦˥] ~ [tɨ˨˩˦ sow˦˥]
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Noun

tử số

  1. (arithmetic) a numerator
    Synonym: tử

See also

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