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˨˩˦]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [tʰɨ˧˧ kɪj˦˥]

Noun

thư kí

1. 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”)