thán khí

See also: thần khí

Vietnamese

Etymology

    Sino-Vietnamese word from 碳 (“carbon”) and 氣 (“gas”). The Chinese character 碳 (thán) is composed of 石 (thạch, “rock”, chemical radical for "non-gassy" nonmetal elements) + 炭 (thán, “coal”), due to the carbonic makeup of coal. See also than đá (“coal”) and Than Đá (“Carboniferous”) which are from Chinese 石炭 (thạch thán, literally “rocky coal”). Compare Chinese 炭氣 / 炭气 (thán khí).

    Pronunciation

    • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [tʰaːn˧˦ xi˧˦]
    • (Huế) IPA(key): [tʰaːŋ˦˧˥ kʰɪj˨˩˦]
    • (Saigon) IPA(key): [tʰaːŋ˦˥ kʰɪj˦˥]

    Noun

    thán khí

    1. (obsolete) carbon dioxide
      Synonym: cacbon đioxit

    See also

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