khuẩn

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 菌.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [xwən˧˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [kʰwəŋ˧˨]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [kʰwəŋ˨˩˦]

Noun

khuẩn

  1. (only in compounds, biology) bacteria; microbe

Derived terms

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