đầu thai

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 投胎.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɗəw˨˩ tʰaːj˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɗəw˦˩ tʰaːj˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɗəw˨˩ tʰaːj˧˧]

Verb

đầu thai

  1. (occult, religion) to reincarnate

See also