sư cô

Sino-Vietnamese word from 師姑.

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [sɨ˧˧ ko˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʂɨ˧˧ kow˧˧] ~ [sɨ˧˧ kow˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʂɨ˧˧ kow˧˧] ~ [sɨ˧˧ kow˧˧]

sư cô

1. a Buddhist nun; often used, in capitalized form, as an honorific before the name of Buddhist nuns