Vietnamese edit

Etymology edit

Sino-Vietnamese, Japanese 分解 (bunkai, literally to break down into parts). The sense of "reasoning" is probably from a contraction of phân tích (to analyze; to explain) + giải thích (to explain).

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

phân giải

  1. (biochemistry) to decompose, resolve or break down
  2. to reason or explain

See also edit