tân cử

Vietnamese

Etymology

    Sino-Vietnamese word from 新 (“new”) and 舉 (“elect”).

    Pronunciation

    • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [tən˧˧ kɨ˧˩]
    • (Huế) IPA(key): [təŋ˧˧ kɨ˧˨]
    • (Saigon) IPA(key): [təŋ˧˧ kɨ˨˩˦]

    Adjective

    tân cử

    1. -elect.
      Tân cử tổng thống bắt đầu chọn các bộ trưởng.
      The president-elect is beginning to choose his/her cabinet secretaries.

    Usage notes

    Traditionally, this word precedes the noun that it modifies, for example tân cử tổng thống (literally “president-elect”). By contrast, the usual order in Vietnamese is noun-adjective order, especially when a compound word modifies another compound word. Usage in Vietnam has shifted in favor of noun-adjective order, i.e., tổng thống tân cử. However, tân tổng thống remains common.

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