thiên thể

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 天體, composed of (sky) and (body)

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [tʰiən˧˧ tʰe˧˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [tʰiəŋ˧˧ tʰej˧˨]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [tʰiəŋ˧˧ tʰej˨˩˦]

Noun

thiên thể

  1. a celestial body; a heavenly body