thủ hiến

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from and .

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [tʰu˧˩ hiən˧˦]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [tʰʊw˧˨ hiəŋ˦˧˥]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [tʰʊw˨˩˦ hiəŋ˦˥]

Noun

thủ hiến

  1. (politics) premier (of a state in Australia or Canada); chief minister (of a state in Myanmar); first minister (in the UK)