lãnh đạo

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

  • (Northern Vietnam, dated) lĩnh đạo

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 領導.

Currently the widespread form. This form has Southern reading lãnh for the first character.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [lajŋ̟˦ˀ˥ ʔɗaːw˧˨ʔ]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [lɛɲ˧˨ ʔɗaːw˨˩ʔ]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [lan˨˩˦ ʔɗaːw˨˩˨]

Noun

(classifier vị, người, nhà) lãnh đạo

  1. leader