quận chúa

Vietnamese

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 郡主 (SV: quận chủ).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [kwən˧˨ʔ t͡ɕuə˧˦]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [kwəŋ˨˩ʔ t͡ɕuə˨˩˦]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [wəŋ˨˩˨ cuə˦˥]

Noun

quận chúa

  1. princess, sister or niece of a monarch (king, emperor)
  2. princess, adoptive daughter of a prince who is a brother of the current monarch