dị thể

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 異體, composed of 異 (“strange; different”) and 體 (“body; form”).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [zi˧˨ʔ tʰe˧˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [jɪj˨˩ʔ tʰej˧˨]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [jɪj˨˩˨ tʰej˨˩˦]

Noun

dị thể

1. (biology, sociology) heterogamy
2. (linguistics) an allograph; variant form