phần tử

== Vietnamese == === Etymology === Sino-Vietnamese word from 分子, composed of 分 (“portion”) and 子 (“child; small thing”), from Japanese 分子 (bunshi), from Middle Chinese 分子 (bjunH tsiX, “part; division; component; member”, literally “portion child”). The tone is slightly irregular, and a regular form would be *phận tử. For the tone difference between phần tử and phân tử, see phần. Doublet of phân tử. Cognate with Mandarin 分子 (fènzǐ) and Cantonese 分子 (fan6 zi2). === Pronunciation === (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [fən˨˩ tɨ˧˩] (Huế) IPA(key): [fəŋ˦˩ tɨ˧˨] (Saigon) IPA(key): [fəŋ˨˩ tɨ˨˩˦] === Noun === phần tử (set theory) an element (politics, chiefly in compounds, chiefly disapproving) an element === See also === tập hợp nguyên tố