dị thể

Vietnamese

Etymology

    Sino-Vietnamese word from 異體, composed of (strange; different) and (body; form).

    Pronunciation

    • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [zi˧˨ʔ tʰe˧˩]
    • (Huế) IPA(key): [jɪj˨˩ʔ tʰej˧˨]
    • (Saigon) IPA(key): [jɪj˨˩˨ tʰej˨˩˦]

    Noun

    dị thể

    1. (biology, sociology) heterogamy
    2. (linguistics) an allograph; variant form