thấu kính

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 透鏡, composed of (through) and (mirror).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [tʰəw˧˦ kïŋ˧˦]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [tʰəw˨˩˦ kɨn˦˧˥]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [tʰəw˦˥ kɨn˦˥]

Noun

thấu kính

  1. a lens (object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it)

See also