Chử Đồng Tử

Vietnamese

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 褚童子 (“boy of the Chử family”, SV: Trữ Đồng Tử).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕɨ˧˩ ʔɗəwŋ͡m˨˩ tɨ˧˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕɨ˧˨ ʔɗəwŋ͡m˦˩ tɨ˧˨]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [cɨ˨˩˦ ʔɗəwŋ͡m˨˩ tɨ˨˩˦]

Proper noun

Chử Đồng Tử

1. Chử Đồng Tử, a poor young man who had to share a loincloth with his father, lucky enough to marry a princess, learned magic and became a sage