Quan Thế Âm

== Vietnamese == === Alternative forms === Quan-Thế-Âm, Quán Thế Âm, Quán-Thế-Âm === Etymology === Sino-Vietnamese word from 觀世音, composed of 觀 (“to view”), 世 (“world”) and 音 (“sound”), from Literary Chinese 觀世音 (Guānshìyīn, literally “to look at the sounds of the world”), from Sanskrit अवलोकितस्वर (avalokitasvara). === Pronunciation === (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [kwaːn˧˧ tʰe˧˦ ʔəm˧˧] (Huế) IPA(key): [kwaːŋ˧˧ tʰej˨˩˦ ʔəm˧˧] (Saigon) IPA(key): [waːŋ˧˧ tʰej˦˥ ʔəm˧˧] === Proper noun === Quan Thế Âm synonym of Quan Âm (“Avalokiteshvara; Guanyin”)