quốc vụ khanh

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 國務卿, composed of 國務 (“state affairs”) and 卿 (“official”), from Chinese 國務卿 / 国务卿 (guówùqīng).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [kuək̚˧˦ vu˧˨ʔ xajŋ̟˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [kuək̚˦˧˥ vʊw˨˩ʔ kʰɛɲ˧˧] ~ [kuək̚˦˧˥ vʊw˨˩ʔ xɛɲ˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [wək̚˦˥ vʊw˨˩˨ kʰan˧˧] ~ [wək̚˦˥ jʊw˨˩˨ xan˧˧]

Noun

quốc vụ khanh

  1. a Secretary of State

See also

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.