thuyên chuyển

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 銓轉 (“to transfer as a feudal mandarin”).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [tʰwiən˧˧ t͡ɕwiən˧˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [tʰwiəŋ˧˧ t͡ɕwiəŋ˧˨]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [tʰ⁽ʷ⁾iəŋ˧˧ c⁽ʷ⁾iəŋ˨˩˦]

Verb

thuyên chuyển

1. (business) to transfer