công sứ
Vietnamese
Etymology
Sino-Vietnamese word from 公使.
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [kəwŋ͡m˧˧ sɨ˧˦]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [kəwŋ͡m˧˧ ʂɨ˨˩˦]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [kəwŋ͡m˧˧ ʂɨ˦˥] ~ [kəwŋ͡m˧˧ sɨ˦˥]
Noun
- (diplomacy) Short for công sứ đặc mệnh toàn quyền (“envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary; envoy”).
- (historical) French “resident” (French: résident) in charge of the administration of a Vietnamese province during the French colonial period
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