phát ngôn viên

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 發言 (to speak out) and (person), analyzable as phát ngôn +‎ -viên.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [faːt̚˧˦ ŋon˧˧ viən˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [faːk̚˦˧˥ ŋoŋ˧˧ viəŋ˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [faːk̚˦˥ ŋoŋ˧˧ viəŋ˧˧] ~ [faːk̚˦˥ ŋoŋ˧˧ jiəŋ˧˧]

Noun

phát ngôn viên

  1. spokesperson
    nữ phát ngôn viên
    spokeswoman