thiên thể

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 天體, composed of 天 (“sky”) and 體 (“body”)

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [tʰiən˧˧ tʰe˧˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [tʰiəŋ˧˧ tʰej˧˨]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [tʰiəŋ˧˧ tʰej˨˩˦]

Noun

thiên thể

1. a celestial body; a heavenly body