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sư bà

Pronunciation Northern /sɨ˧˧ ɓa̤ː˨˩/ Central /ʂɨ˧˥ ɓaː˧˧/ Southern /ʂɨ˧˧ ɓaː˨˩/
senior Buddhist nun
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senior Buddhist nun
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Meaning
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Sense 1 unknown
senior Buddhist nun

A respectful title used for an elderly or highly senior Buddhist nun in a community.

vi Chúng tôi đến chùa để thăm sư bà.

en We went to the temple to visit the senior nun.

Parts
sư / bà / 師婆
Chinese characters Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
師婆
Candidates by syllable
Bold marks a representative candidate assembled from per-syllable character mappings. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. It is not necessarily a source-aligned spelling for the whole word.
Similar
sư bá / nữ tu sĩ / ni cô / bà phước …
Use
giáo sư / sư tử / luật sư / gia sư …
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