đầu thai

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 投胎.

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɗəw˨˩ tʰaːj˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɗəw˦˩ tʰaːj˧˧]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔɗəw˨˩ tʰaːj˧˧]

Verb

đầu thai

(occult, religion) to reincarnate

See also

thai (“fetus”)

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