How do you say “asteroid” in Vietnamese?

Q: How do you say "asteroid" in Vietnamese?

"Asteroid" in Vietnamese is tiểu hành tinh (asteroid).

“Asteroid” in Vietnamese is tiểu hành tinh (asteroid).

Vietnamese words for “asteroid”

tiểu hành tinhnoun
Hanoi [tiəw˧˩ hajŋ̟˨˩ tïŋ˧˧] · Saigon [tiw˨˩˦ han˨˩ tɨn˧˧]tiểu dipping hành falling tinh level
asteroid
for “asteroid” meaning: A naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and a dwarf planet, larger than a meteoroid and not a comet, that orbits a star and often has an irregular shape.

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