nhà thờ

nhà (“house”) +‎ thờ (“to worship”).

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ɲaː˨˩ tʰəː˨˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ɲaː˦˩ tʰəː˦˩]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ɲaː˨˩ tʰəː˨˩]

nhà thờ • (茹祠)

1. a building dedicated as a place of worship, such as the one of an extended family for worshipping deceased ancestors, or a church, a synagogue or a mosque

   đóng tiền xây nhà thờ họ ― to contribute to building a family's place of worship

   Nhà thờ Đức Bà Pa-ri ― the Notre-Dame de Paris (literally, “the Cathedral of Our Lady in Paris”)

Mainly used of ancestral places of worship, or places of worship in Abrahamic religions. Buddhist places are chùa (“temple”). Other places dedicated to pagan/local deities, such as Shinto shrines or the Parthenon, or to accomplished men in the past, are variously called đền/điện (“temple; shrine”), miếu (“temple”), miễu (“village shrine”), and đình (“village shrine”), not all with consistent usages. Small places of worship, usually built by the sidewalks, can be called am.

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