thư lại

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 書吏.

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [tʰɨ˧˧ laːj˧˨ʔ]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [tʰɨ˧˧ laːj˨˩ʔ]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [tʰɨ˧˧ laːj˨˩˨]

Noun

(history) a scribe
tượng viên thư lại ― the sculpture of the The Seated Scribe

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