bí thư
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Vietnamese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Sino-Vietnamese word from 秘書, Chinese 秘書/秘书 (mìshū, “non-communist secretary”). Compare thư kí (“non-communist secretary”). Vietnamese uses an opposite distinction to Chinese's as to whether the secretary in question works for the communist government or not.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓi˧˦ tʰɨ˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓɪj˨˩˦ tʰɨ˧˧]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ʔɓɪj˦˥ tʰɨ˧˧]
Audio (Hà Nội) (file)
Noun[edit]
- (government, communism) a secretary
- bí thư tỉnh uỷ/thành uỷ
- the secretary of a provincial committee/committee of a thành phố trực thuộc trung ương of the Communist Party
Derived terms[edit]
- Derived terms
- ban bí thư (“secretariat”)
- tổng bí thư (“general secretary”)