bí thư

Vietnamese

Etymology

    Sino-Vietnamese word from 秘書, Chinese 秘書 / 秘书 (mìshū, “non-communist secretary”). Compare thư kí (“non-communist secretary”). Vietnamese uses an opposite distinction to Chinese's as to whether the secretary in question works for the communist government or not.

    Pronunciation

    • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓi˧˦ tʰɨ˧˧]
    • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓɪj˨˩˦ tʰɨ˧˧]
    • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɓɪj˦˥ tʰɨ˧˧]
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    Noun

    bí thư

    1. (government, communism) a secretary
      bí thư tỉnh uỷ/thành uỷ
      the secretary of a provincial committee/committee of a thành phố trực thuộc trung ương of the Communist Party

    Derived terms

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