chủ nhiệm

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 主任.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕu˧˩ ɲiəm˧˨ʔ]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕʊw˧˨ ɲiəm˨˩ʔ]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [cʊw˨˩˦ ɲim˨˩˨]

Noun

chủ nhiệm

1. (of an organization/institution's department) a chief

Verb

chủ nhiệm

1. (education) to be the chief teacher of a class, i.e. in charge of teaching most subjects of an elementary class, or merely of supervising a middle school or high school class