thành hoàng

Vietnamese

Etymology

    Sino-Vietnamese word from 城隍.

    Pronunciation

    • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [tʰajŋ̟˨˩ hwaːŋ˨˩]
    • (Huế) IPA(key): [tʰɛɲ˦˩ hwaːŋ˦˩]
    • (Saigon) IPA(key): [tʰan˨˩ waːŋ˨˩]

    Noun

    thành hoàng

    1. thành hoàng (deity enshrined in villages' communal houses in Vietnam)