bài vị

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 牌位; compare Japanese 位牌 (ihai) and Korean 위패 (wipae).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓaːj˨˩ vi˧˨ʔ]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓaːj˦˩ vɪj˨˩ʔ]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɓaːj˨˩ vɪj˨˩˨] ~ [ʔɓaːj˨˩ jɪj˨˩˨]

Noun

bài vị

  1. spirit tablet, memorial tablet, ancestral tablet
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