bào tử

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 胞子, composed of 胞 (“sack; womb”) and 子 (“diminutive suffix”)

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɓaːw˨˩ tɨ˧˩]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɓaːw˦˩ tɨ˧˨]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔɓaːw˨˩ tɨ˨˩˦]

Noun

(biology) spore

Derived terms

nội bào tử (內胞子, “endospore”)

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