tâm nhĩ

== Vietnamese == === Etymology === Sino-Vietnamese word from 心耳, composed of 心 (“heart”) and 耳 (“ear”). Compare Japanese 心耳 (shinji, “auricle”) and French oreillette (“auricle; atrium”, literally “earlet”). See also tâm thất (“ventricle”, literally “heart chamber”), Chinese 心房 (tâm phòng, “atrium”, literally “heart chamber”) and ngăn (“heart chamber”). === Pronunciation === (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [təm˧˧ ɲi˦ˀ˥] (Huế) IPA(key): [təm˧˧ ɲɪj˧˨] (Saigon) IPA(key): [təm˧˧ ɲɪj˨˩˦] === Noun === tâm nhĩ (anatomy, cardiology) an atrium