See also: Chua,
chúa,
chuà,
chùa,
Chúa,
chuā,
chưa,
chừa,
chửa,
chữa, and chua
Vietnamese
Etymology
Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 貯 (“to store/contain”, SV: trữ).
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [t͡ɕɨə˧˦]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [t͡ɕɨə˨˩˦]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [cɨə˦˥]
Verb
chứa • (𥢳)
- (transitive) to contain; to hold
- (transitive) to shelter; to hide; to conceal (especially illicit items)
Derived terms