sứ
See also: Appendix:Variations of "su"
Vietnamese edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [sɨ˧˦]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʂɨ˨˩˦] ~ [sɨ˨˩˦]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ʂɨ˦˥] ~ [sɨ˦˥]
Etymology 1 edit
Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 瓷 (“crockery, porcelain, chinaware”, SV: từ).
Noun edit
sứ
Etymology 2 edit
Sino-Vietnamese word from 使 (“envoy, messenger, ambassador”).
Noun edit
sứ
- (history) an envoy; an ambassador
- đi sứ nước... ― to be an envoy to the country of...
Derived terms edit
Derived terms