tì kheo

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

  • tì-kheo, tỳ kheo, tỳ-kheo, tỉ khâu, tỉ-khâu, tỷ khâu, tỷ-khâu

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 比丘 (SV: tỉ khâu, tỉ khiêu)

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ti˨˩ xɛw˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [tɪj˦˩ kʰɛw˧˧] ~ [tɪj˦˩ xɛw˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [tɪj˨˩ kʰɛw˧˧] ~ [tɪj˨˩ xɛw˧˧]

Noun

tì kheo

  1. (Buddhism) a bhikkhu

See also

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