khúc xạ

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 曲 (“bent”) and 射 (“to shoot; to emit”)

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [xʊwk͡p̚˧˦ saː˧˨ʔ]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [kʰʊwk͡p̚˦˧˥ saː˨˩ʔ] ~ [xʊwk͡p̚˦˧˥ saː˨˩ʔ]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [kʰʊwk͡p̚˦˥ saː˨˩˨] ~ [xʊwk͡p̚˦˥ saː˨˩˨]

Verb

khúc xạ

1. (optics) to be refracted

See also

• phản xạ