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How do you say “bishop” in Vietnamese?

“Bishop” in Vietnamese is giám mục (bishop), tịnh (bishop), tượng (statue).

Vietnamese words for “bishop”

  • giám mụcnoun
    Hanoi [zaːm˧˦ mʊwk͡p̚˧˨ʔ] · Saigon [jaːm˦˥ mʊwk͡p̚˨˩˨]giám rising mục heavy

    bishop

    for “bishop” meaning: An overseer of congregations: either any such overseer, generally speaking, or (in Eastern Orthodoxy, Catholicism, Anglicanism, etc.) an official in the church hierarchy (actively or nominally) govern

  • tịnhnoun
    Hanoi [tïŋ˧˨ʔ] · Saigon [tɨn˨˩˨]tịnh heavy

    bishop; elephant

    for “bishop” meaning: The chess piece denoted ♗ or ♝ which moves along diagonal lines and developed from the shatranj alfil ("elephant") and was originally known as the aufil or archer in English.

  • tượngnoun
    Hanoi [tɨəŋ˧˨ʔ] · Saigon [tɨəŋ˨˩˨]tượng heavy

    statue; sculpture

    for “bishop” meaning: The chess piece denoted ♗ or ♝ which moves along diagonal lines and developed from the shatranj alfil ("elephant") and was originally known as the aufil or archer in English.

    • Quân tượng không bao giờ có thể đi vào ô vuông khác màu.A bishop can never end up on an opposite-coloured square.

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