siêu âm
Vietnamese edit
Etymology edit
Sino-Vietnamese word from 超 (“over-; super-; ultra-”) and 音 (“sound”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [siəw˧˧ ʔəm˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʂiw˧˧ ʔəm˧˧] ~ [siw˧˧ ʔəm˧˧]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ʂiw˧˧ ʔəm˧˧] ~ [siw˧˧ ʔəm˧˧]
Audio (Hà Nội) (file)
Noun edit
- (physics) ultrasound
- Antonym: hạ âm
- (medicine) ultrasound machine or scan
Verb edit
- (medicine, colloquial) to investigate with ultrasound