tân cử

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 新 (“new”) and 舉 (“elect”).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [tən˧˧ kɨ˧˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [təŋ˧˧ kɨ˧˨]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [təŋ˧˧ kɨ˨˩˦]

Adjective

tân cử

1. -elect.

   Tân cử tổng thống bắt đầu chọn các bộ trưởng.

   The president-elect is beginning to choose his/her cabinet secretaries.

Usage notes

Traditionally, this word precedes the noun that it modifies, for example tân cử tổng thống (literally “president-elect”). By contrast, the usual order in Vietnamese is noun-adjective order, especially when a compound word modifies another compound word. Usage in Vietnam has shifted in favor of noun-adjective order, i.e., tổng thống tân cử. However, tân tổng thống remains common.

Related terms

• đắc cử