khăn giấy
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Vietnamese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]khăn (“towel”) + giấy (“paper”). Compare English paper towel.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [xan˧˧ zəj˧˦]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [kʰaŋ˧˧ jəj˨˩˦] ~ [xaŋ˧˧ jəj˨˩˦]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [kʰaŋ˧˧ jəj˦˥] ~ [xaŋ˧˧ jəj˦˥]
Noun
[edit](classifier tờ, tấm) khăn giấy
- a tissue (sheet of absorbent paper)
See also
[edit]- mô (“biological tissue”)