hồng cầu

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 紅 (“red”) and 球 (“ball”), from Chinese 紅血球／红血球 (hồng huyết cầu, literally “red blood ball”). Compare Japanese 赤血球 (sekkekkyū, xích huyết cầu).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [həwŋ͡m˨˩ kəw˨˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [həwŋ͡m˦˩ kəw˦˩]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [həwŋ͡m˨˩ kəw˨˩]

Noun

hồng cầu

1. (cytology, hematology) red blood cell; erythrocyte

See also

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