tiến sĩ

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 進士.

Pronunciation
  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [tiən˧˦ si˦ˀ˥]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [tiəŋ˦˧˥ ʂɪj˧˨]
  • (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [tiəŋ˦˥ ʂɪj˨˩˦] ~ [tiəŋ˦˥ sɪj˨˩˦]

Noun

tiến sĩ

  1. (academic degree) doctor
  2. (academic degree) doctorate
  3. (archaic, academic degree) one who had passed all three levels of examination held by the government in feudal Vietnam.

See also
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