thấu kính

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 透鏡, composed of 透 (“through”) and 鏡 (“mirror”).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [tʰəw˧˦ kïŋ˧˦]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [tʰəw˨˩˦ kɨn˦˧˥]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [tʰəw˦˥ kɨn˦˥]

Noun

thấu kính

a lens (object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it)

See also

thị kính (“microscopically ocular lens”)
vật kính (“objective lens”)
thuỷ tinh thể (“anatomically ocular lens”)
tròng (“eyeglass lens”)
kính áp tròng (“contact lens”)
lăng kính (“figurative lens”)

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