thư kí

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

thư ký

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 書記, Chinese 書記／书记 (shūjì, “communist secretary”). Compare bí thư (“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

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [tʰɨ˧˧ ki˧˦]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [tʰɨ˧˧ kɪj˨˩˦]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [tʰɨ˧˧ kɪj˦˥]

Noun

thư kí

a non-communist secretary
Nó làm thư kí ở công ti A.
She works as a secretary at company A.

Derived terms

tổng thư kí (“secretary general”)

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