vạn vật hấp dẫn

Vietnamese

Etymology

vạn vật (“ten thousand things; all things”) +‎ hấp dẫn (“to attract”), perhaps from Chinese 萬有引力 / 万有引力 (vạn hữu dẫn lực, literally “omnipresent pulling force”)

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [vaːn˧˨ʔ vət̚˧˨ʔ həp̚˧˦ zən˦ˀ˥]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [vaːŋ˨˩ʔ vək̚˨˩ʔ həp̚˦˧˥ jəŋ˧˨]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [vaːŋ˨˩˨ vək̚˨˩˨ həp̚˦˥ jəŋ˨˩˦] ~ [jaːŋ˨˩˨ jək̚˨˩˨ həp̚˦˥ jəŋ˨˩˦]

Adjective

vạn vật hấp dẫn

1. (physics) of Newton's law of universal gravitation