nhiệt giai

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 熱 (“heat”) and 階 (“rank”)

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ɲiət̚˧˨ʔ zaːj˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ɲiək̚˨˩ʔ jaːj˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ɲiək̚˨˩˨ jaːj˧˧]

Noun

nhiệt giai

1. a scale of temperature

   Synonym: thang nhiệt

   nhiệt giai Kenvin ― the Kelvin scale

See also

• âm giai