chùa chiền

Vietnamese

Etymology

Attested as chùa trièn in the Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum, so the etymological spelling would be *chùa triền. In Nôm texts, the second element was spelled with various characters (including 傳 (MC drjwen), 廛 (MC drjen), 纏 (MC drjen), all with retroflex initial), although the etymological source is most likely 廛 (triền).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕuə˨˩ t͡ɕiən˨˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕuə˦˩ t͡ɕiəŋ˦˩]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [cuə˨˩ ciəŋ˨˩]

Noun

chùa chiền • (𫴶廛)

1. (Buddhism) a temple; pagoda; monastery