trụ trì

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 住持.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [t͡ɕu˧˨ʔ t͡ɕi˨˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʈʊw˨˩ʔ ʈɪj˦˩]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʈʊw˨˩˨ ʈɪj˨˩]

Noun

(classifier vị) trụ trì

  1. (Buddhism) head monk of a Buddhist temple