Quan Âm

== Vietnamese == === Alternative forms === Quan-Âm, Quan-âm, Quan âm, Quán Âm, Quán-Âm, Quán-âm === Etymology === Sino-Vietnamese word from 觀音, composed of 觀 (“to view”) and 音 (“sound”), from Literary Chinese 觀音 (Guānyīn, literally “to look at the sound”), calqued from Sanskrit अवलोकितस्वर (avalokitasvara, literally “Who Looks at the Sound”). === Pronunciation === (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [kwaːn˧˧ ʔəm˧˧] (Huế) IPA(key): [kwaːŋ˧˧ ʔəm˧˧] (Saigon) IPA(key): [waːŋ˧˧ ʔəm˧˧] === Proper noun === Quan Âm either Avalokiteśvara (usually depicted as a male) or Guanyin (always depicted as a female) Synonyms: Bồ Tát, Quan Thế Âm, Quan Âm Tự Tại, Quán Tự Tại, Tự Tại