nguyên soái

Vietnamese

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 元帥 (SV: nguyên suý), Japanese 元帥 (gensui), Middle Chinese 元帥 (“commander-in-chief”).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ŋwiən˧˧ swaːj˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ŋwiəŋ˧˧ ʂwaːj˨˩˦] ~ [ŋwiəŋ˧˧ swaːj˨˩˦]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ŋwiəŋ˧˧ ʂ⁽ʷ⁾aːj˦˥] ~ [ŋwiəŋ˧˧ s⁽ʷ⁾aːj˦˥]

Noun

nguyên soái

1. (military) a marshal