sứ

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Vietnamese

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Etymology 1

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Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese (crockery, porcelain, chinaware, SV: từ).

Noun

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sứ

  1. chinaware; porcelain
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Etymology 2

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Sino-Vietnamese word from 使 (envoy, messenger, ambassador).

Noun

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sứ

  1. (history) an envoy; an ambassador
    đi sứ nước...to be an envoy to the country of...
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