kim loại

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 金 (“gold; metal”) and 類 (“kind”), probably a further sinicization of the now obsolete compound loài kim (“metals”).

The Sino-Vietnamese equivalent of Chinese 金屬 / 金属 (jīnshǔ), Japanese 金属 (kinzoku), Korean 금속 (geumsok), *kim thuộc, is not used.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [kim˧˧ lwaːj˧˨ʔ]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [kim˧˧ lwaːj˨˩ʔ]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [kim˧˧ l⁽ʷ⁾aːj˨˩˨]

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Noun

kim loại

1. metal

See also

• á kim
• phi kim