tử số
Vietnamese edit
Etymology edit
Sino-Vietnamese word from 子 (“child”) and 數 (“number”). The notion of a "child number" comes from 分子 (phân tử), one of the discrete parts left after a division.
Pronunciation edit
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [tɨ˧˩ so˧˦]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [tɨ˧˨ ʂow˨˩˦] ~ [tɨ˧˨ sow˨˩˦]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [tɨ˨˩˦ ʂow˦˥] ~ [tɨ˨˩˦ sow˦˥]
Noun edit
- (arithmetic) a numerator
- Synonym: tử