cạnh huyền

Vietnamese

Etymology

Perhaps from cạnh (“side”) + Chinese 弦 (“bowstring”)

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [kajŋ̟˧˨ʔ hwiən˨˩]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [kɛɲ˨˩ʔ hwiəŋ˦˩]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [kan˨˩˨ wiəŋ˨˩]

Noun

cạnh huyền

(geometry) a hypotenuse
Định lí Pi-ta-go: bình phương cạnh huyền bằng tổng các bình phương của hai cạnh góc vuông.
The Pythagorean theorem: the square of the hypotenuse equals the sum of the squares of the cathetuses.

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