biên chế

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 編制 (formation; organization), from Japanese 編制 (hensei).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓiən˧˧ t͡ɕe˧˦]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓiəŋ˧˧ t͡ɕej˨˩˦]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɓiəŋ˧˧ cej˦˥]

Noun

biên chế

  1. (of an organization) staff; a workforce
    biên chế Chính phủthe staff of the Government (of Vietnam)
    tăng/giảm biên chếto increase/decrease staff
    tinh giảm biên chếto "refine" or consolidate staff by removing non-essential positions