công sứ

Vietnamese

Etymology

    Sino-Vietnamese word from 公使.

    Pronunciation

    • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [kəwŋ͡m˧˧ sɨ˧˦]
    • (Huế) IPA(key): [kəwŋ͡m˧˧ ʂɨ˨˩˦] ~ [kəwŋ͡m˧˧ sɨ˨˩˦]
    • (Saigon) IPA(key): [kəwŋ͡m˧˧ ʂɨ˦˥] ~ [kəwŋ͡m˧˧ sɨ˦˥]

    Noun

    công sứ

    1. (diplomacy) short for công sứ đặc mệnh toàn quyền (“envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary; envoy”)
    2. (historical) French “resident” (French: résident) in charge of the administration of a Vietnamese province during the French colonial period
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