tì kheo

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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

(Buddhism) a bhikkhu

See also

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