dị thể

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 異體, composed of 異 (“strange; different”) and 體 (“body; form”).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [zi˧˨ʔ tʰe˧˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [jɪj˨˩ʔ tʰej˧˨]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [jɪj˨˩˨ tʰej˨˩˦]

Noun

dị thể

  1. (biology, sociology) heterogamy
  2. (linguistics) an allograph; variant form
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