niệm chú
Vietnamese
Etymology
Sino-Vietnamese
word from
念咒
, composed of
念
and
咒
.
Pronunciation
(
Hà Nội
)
IPA
(key)
:
[niəm˧˨ʔ t͡ɕu˧˦]
(
Huế
)
IPA
(key)
:
[niəm˨˩ʔ t͡ɕʊw˨˩˦]
(
Saigon
)
IPA
(key)
:
[nim˨˩˨ cʊw˦˥]
Verb
niệm
chú
to
recite
a
magic
spell
; to
chant
a spell