ti thể

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

• ty thể

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 司 (“to manage; to preside over”) and 體 (“body; organelle”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

ti thể

1. (cytology) mitochondrion