tăng ni
Pronunciation
Northern
/taŋ˧˧ ni˧˧/
Central
/taŋ˧˥ ni˧˥/
Southern
/taŋ˧˧ ni˧˧/
Listen
monks and nuns
Noun
monks and nuns
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Meaning
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Sense 1
Noun
monks and nuns Culture & Proper Nouns
A collective term used to refer to both male and female Buddhist monastics in a community.
vi Các vị tăng ni đang tụng kinh trong chùa.
en The monks and nuns are chanting in the temple.
Parts
tăng / ni / Sino-Vietnamese; the character is 僧尼 …
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Parts
tăng / ni / Sino-Vietnamese; the character is 僧尼 …
OriginSino-Vietnamese; the character is 僧尼
Chinese characters
Source-aligned
Representative candidate
僧尼
Candidates by syllable
tăng
增
ni
伲（妮 / 尼 / 鈮）
Bold marks the representative form aligned to a source as the spelling of the whole word. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. Source and confidence are shown in the heading above.
Similar
tỉ khâu ni / mũ ni / tì kheo ni / va ni …
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Similar
tỉ khâu ni / mũ ni / tì kheo ni / va ni …
Use
tăng trưởng kinh tế / nước tăng lực / tăng trưởng / cần tăng dân số …
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Use
tăng trưởng kinh tế / nước tăng lực / tăng trưởng / cần tăng dân số …