kim loại

Vietnamese

Etymology

    Sino-Vietnamese word from 金 (“gold; metal”) and 類 (“kind”), probably a further sinicization of the now obsolete compound loài kim (“metals”).

    The Sino-Vietnamese equivalent of Chinese 金屬 / 金属 (jīnshǔ), Japanese 金属 (kinzoku), Korean 금속 (geumsok), *kim thuộc, is not used.

    Pronunciation

    • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [kim˧˧ lwaːj˧˨ʔ]
    • (Huế) IPA(key): [kim˧˧ lwaːj˨˩ʔ]
    • (Saigon) IPA(key): [kim˧˧ l⁽ʷ⁾aːj˨˩˨]
    • Audio (Saigon):(file)

    Noun

    kim loại

    1. metal

    See also

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