tôn giáo

Vietnamese

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 宗教 (SV: tông giáo), from Japanese 宗教 (shūkyō). Compare Tôn Thất and Tôn Nữ.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

organized religion
tự do tôn giáo
freedom of religion

See also

tín ngưỡng

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