tử số

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Vietnamese

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Etymology

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Sino-Vietnamese word from (child) and (number). The notion of a "child number" comes from 分子 (phân tử), one of the discrete parts left after a division.

Pronunciation

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  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [tɨ˧˩ so˧˦]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [tɨ˧˨ ʂow˨˩˦] ~ [tɨ˧˨ sow˨˩˦] invalid IPA characters (][)
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [tɨ˨˩˦ ʂow˦˥] ~ [tɨ˨˩˦ sow˦˥] invalid IPA characters (][)
  • Audio (Hà Nội):(file)

Noun

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tử số

  1. (arithmetic) a numerator
    Synonym: tử

See also

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