tôn giáo

Vietnamese

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 宗 (“lineage”; SV: tông) + Sino-Vietnamese word from 教; misreading of tông giáo

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ton˧˧ zaːw˧˦]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [toŋ˧˧ jaːw˨˩˦]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [toŋ˧˧ jaːw˦˥]

Noun

religion

Derived terms

tự do tôn giáo (“religious freedom”)

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