How do you say “radiation” in Vietnamese?

“Radiation” in Vietnamese is bức xạ (radiation), phóng xạ (radioactive).

Vietnamese words for “radiation”

• bức xạListennoun
  Hanoi [ʔɓɨk̚˧˦ saː˧˨ʔ] · Saigon [ʔɓɨk̚˦˥ saː˨˩˨]bức rising xạ heavy

  radiation; irradiation or irradiance

  for “radiation” meaning: The shooting forth of anything from a point or surface, like diverging rays of light.

• phóng xạListenadjective
  Hanoi [fawŋ͡m˧˦ saː˧˨ʔ] · Saigon [fawŋ͡m˦˥ saː˨˩˨]phóng rising xạ heavy

  radioactive

  for “radiation” meaning: The shooting forth of anything from a point or surface, like diverging rays of light.

Related Vietnamese words

• phúc xạListennoun

  radiation; irradiation or irradiance

• xạ tuyếnListennoun

  ray; radiation

Translations matched from English Wiktionary (translation tables and Vietnamese entries, via kaikki.org; CC BY-SA 4.0) and the NgonNgu English–Vietnamese dictionary, reviewed and edited; examples from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). The Listen button uses your browser's Vietnamese voice.