thái giám

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 太監.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

thái giám

  1. (history) an imperial eunuch
    Synonym: hoạn quan