chú tiểu

Vietnamese

Etymology

chú (“young fellow”) +‎ tiểu (“小, small”).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [t͡ɕu˧˦ tiəw˧˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [t͡ɕʊw˨˩˦ tiw˧˨]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [cʊw˦˥ tiw˨˩˦]

Noun

chú tiểu

  1. (Buddhism) a child monk; very young novice monk
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