tế bào sắc tố
Vietnamese
Etymology
Sino-Vietnamese word from 細胞色素, composed of 細胞 (“cell”) and 色素 (“pigment”).
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [te˧˦ ʔɓaːw˨˩ sak̚˧˦ to˧˦]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [tej˨˩˦ ʔɓaːw˦˩ ʂak̚˦˧˥ tow˨˩˦]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [tej˦˥ ʔɓaːw˨˩ ʂak̚˦˥ tow˦˥] ~ [tej˦˥ ʔɓaːw˨˩ sak̚˦˥ tow˦˥]
Noun
tế bào sắc tố
- (biology) chromatophore, a pigment-bearing cell.