nam châm

== Vietnamese == === Etymology === Sino-Vietnamese word from 南針, composed of 南 (“south”) and 針 (“needle”), from Chinese 指南針 / 指南针 (chỉ nam châm, “compass”, literally “southward needle”). In Chinese philosophy, south is a "yang" direction and thus more dominant than north. === Pronunciation === (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [naːm˧˧ t͡ɕəm˧˧] (Huế) IPA(key): [naːm˧˧ t͡ɕəm˧˧] (Saigon) IPA(key): [naːm˧˧ cəm˧˧] === Noun === (classifier cái, chiếc, cục) nam châm a magnet (piece of material that attracts some metals by magnetism) === See also === kim chỉ nam la bàn