đại sứ
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Vietnamese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Sino-Vietnamese word from 大使, composed of 大 (“great”) and 使 (“envoy”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɗaːj˧˨ʔ sɨ˧˦]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɗaːj˨˩ʔ ʂɨ˨˩˦] ~ [ʔɗaːj˨˩ʔ sɨ˨˩˦]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɗaːj˨˩˨ ʂɨ˦˥] ~ [ʔɗaːj˨˩˨ sɨ˦˥]
Noun
[edit]- an ambassador
- đại sứ thiện chí
- a goodwill ambassador