phần tử

See also: phân tử, phân từ, and phản tư

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 分子, composed of 分 (“portion”) and 子 (“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 [Vietnamese Literary Sinitic, trad.]

From: Commentary of Guliang, circa 206 BCE– 9 CE

Yan is a part of Zhou

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

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [fən˨˩ tɨ˧˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [fəŋ˦˩ tɨ˧˨]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [fəŋ˨˩ tɨ˨˩˦]

Noun

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, chiefly disapproving) an element

   phần tử cực đoan

   radical element

See also

• tập hợp
• nguyên tố