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 tsyu^X).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [tʰiən˧˧ t͡ɕuə˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [tʰiəŋ˧˧ t͡ɕuə˨˩˦]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [tʰiəŋ˧˧ cuə˦˥]

Proper noun

Thiên Chúa

1. (Catholicism) God

Derived terms

• Thiên Chúa giáo, đạo Thiên Chúa (“Catholicism; Christianity”)