phần tử

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See also: phân tử and phân từ

Vietnamese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Sino-Vietnamese word from 分子, composed of (portion) and (child; small thing), from Japanese 分子 (bunshi), from Middle Chinese 分子 (bjunH tsiX, part; division; component; member, literally portion child).

燕周之分子也 "Yan is a part of Zhou" - Guliang Zhuan

The tone is slightly irregular, and a regular form would be *phận tử. For the tone difference between phần tử and phân tử, see phần. Doublet of phân tử. Cognate with Mandarin 分子 (fènzǐ) and Cantonese 分子 (fan6 zi2).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

phần tử

  1. (set theory) an element
    tập hợp A có 2 phần tử
    there are 2 elements in set A
  2. (politics, chiefly in compounds) an element
    phần tử cực đoan
    radical elements

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