cao tăng

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 高僧.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [kaːw˧˧ taŋ˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [kaːw˧˧ taŋ˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [kaːw˧˧ taŋ˧˧]

Noun

cao tăng

  1. a virtuous senior monk