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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