tiểu phẫu

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 小 (“small”) and 剖 (“to cut open”).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [tiəw˧˩ fəw˦ˀ˥]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [tiw˧˨ fəw˧˨]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [tiw˨˩˦ fəw˨˩˦]

Noun

tiểu phẫu

1. (medicine) minor operation