luyện kim

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 鍊 (“to smelt”) and 金 (“gold; metal”).[1] Compare Chinese 鍊金術 (luyện kim thuật, “alchemy”, literally “the art of smelting gold”), Japanese 錬金術 (renkinjutsu, “alchemy”), Korean 연금술 (yeon-geumsul, “alchemy”). Also compare Chinese 冶金學 (dã kim học, “metallurgy”).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [lwiən˧˨ʔ kim˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [lwiəŋ˨˩ʔ kim˧˧]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [l⁽ʷ⁾iəŋ˨˩˨ kim˧˧]

Noun

luyện kim

metallurgy

See also

thuật giả kim

References

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