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Vietnamese
Etymology
Sino-Vietnamese word from 鍊 (“to smelt”) and 金 (“gold; metal”).[1] Compare Chinese 鍊金術 / 炼金术 (luyện kim thuật, “alchemy”, literally “the art of smelting gold”), Japanese 錬金術 (renkinjutsu, “alchemy”), Korean 연금술 (yeon'geumsul, “alchemy”). Also compare Chinese 冶金學 / 冶金学 (dã kim học, “metallurgy”).
Pronunciation
Noun
luyện kim
- metallurgy
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