khoa học

Vietnamese

Etymology

    Sino-Vietnamese word from 科學, composed of 科 (“discipline”) and 學 (“study”), orthographic borrowing from Japanese 科学(かがく) (kagaku, literally “study of many disciplines”).

    Pronunciation

    • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [xwaː˧˧ hawk͡p̚˧˨ʔ]
    • (Huế) IPA(key): [kʰwaː˧˧ hawk͡p̚˨˩ʔ]
    • (Saigon) IPA(key): [kʰwaː˧˧ hawk͡p̚˨˩˨]
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    Noun

    khoa học

    1. science
      nhà khoa học ― scientist

    Derived terms

    Adjective

    khoa học

    1. scientific
    2. academic
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