thư kí

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

Etymology

    Sino-Vietnamese word from 書記, Chinese 書記 / 书记 (shūjì, “communist secretary”). Compare bí thư (“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): [tʰɨ˧˧ ki˧˦]
    • (Huế) IPA(key): [tʰɨ˧˧ kɪj˨˩˦]
    • (Saigon) IPA(key): [tʰɨ˧˧ kɪj˦˥]

    Noun

    thư kí

    1. a non-communist secretary
      Nó làm thư kí ở công ti A.
      She works as a secretary at company A.

    Derived terms

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