ngoại đạo

Vietnamese

Etymology

    Sino-Vietnamese word from 外道, composed of and .

    Pronunciation

    • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ŋwaːj˧˨ʔ ʔɗaːw˧˨ʔ]
    • (Huế) IPA(key): [ŋwaːj˨˩ʔ ʔɗaːw˨˩ʔ]
    • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ŋwaːj˨˩˨ ʔɗaːw˨˩˨]

    Noun

    ngoại đạo

    1. (religion) one who believes in a different religion
      người ngoại đạosomeone who is from outside of a faith
    2. (religion) unorthodox teachings; heresy; heterodoxy