tế bào

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 細胞, composed of 細 (“minute (small)”) and 胞 (“sack; womb”), from Japanese 細胞 (saibō).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [te˧˦ ʔɓaːw˨˩]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [tej˨˩˦ ʔɓaːw˦˩]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [tej˦˥ ʔɓaːw˨˩]
Audio (Hồ Chí Minh City) (file)

Noun

(cytology, physics) a cell

Derived terms

chu kì tế bào (“cell cycle”)
tế bào gốc (“stem cell”)
tế bào mẹ nguyên sơ (“progenitor cell”)
tế bào quang điện (“photoelectric cell”)
tế bào chất (細胞質, “cytoplasm”)
tế bào học (細胞學, “cytology”)
tế bào sắc tố (細胞色素, “chromatophore”)

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