thiền vu
Vietnamese
Etymology
Sino-Vietnamese
word from
單于
.
Pronunciation
(
Hà Nội
)
IPA
(key)
:
[tʰiən˨˩ vu˧˧]
(
Huế
)
IPA
(key)
:
[tʰiəŋ˦˩ vʊw˧˧]
(
Saigon
)
IPA
(key)
:
[tʰiəŋ˨˩ vʊw˧˧]
~
[tʰiəŋ˨˩ jʊw˧˧]
Noun
thiền
vu
(
historical
)
chanyu
(
a
supreme
ruler
of one or more
nomadic
tribes of
Inner Asian
peoples, at some point between the 4th century
BCE
and the 4th century
CE
; most notably a ruler of the
Xiongnu
)