Vietnamese
Etymology
Unknown. Perhaps nativized from Chinese 算術 / 算术 (toán thuật, “arithmetic”), or a calque of Chinese 算法 (toán pháp, “algorithm”).
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [tʰwət̚˧˨ʔ twaːn˧˦]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [tʰwək̚˨˩ʔ twaːŋ˦˧˥]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [tʰ⁽ʷ⁾ək̚˨˩˨ t⁽ʷ⁾aːŋ˦˥]
Noun
thuật toán
- (computer science) an algorithm