sơ thẩm

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 初審, composed of (in the initial stage, primary, elementary) and (to examine, to try, to judge).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [səː˧˧ tʰəm˧˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʂəː˧˧ tʰəm˧˨] ~ [səː˧˧ tʰəm˧˨]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʂəː˧˧ tʰəm˨˩˦] ~ [səː˧˧ tʰəm˨˩˦]

Verb

thẩm

  1. (law) to be on trial of first instance; to conduct a committal hearing