Thiên Chúa
Vietnamese
Etymology
Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 天主 (“Heavenly Lord”; SV: Thiên Chủ), from Japanese 天主 (Tenshu), from Middle Chinese 天主 (then tsyuX).
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [tʰiən˧˧ t͡ɕuə˧˦]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [tʰiəŋ˧˧ t͡ɕuə˨˩˦]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [tʰiəŋ˧˧ cuə˦˥]
Proper noun
Thiên Chúa
- (Catholicism) God
Derived terms
- Thiên Chúa giáo, đạo Thiên Chúa (“Catholicism; Christianity”)