sơ thẩm

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 初審, composed of 初 (“in the initial stage, primary, elementary”) and 審 (“to examine, to try, to judge”).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [səː˧˧ tʰəm˧˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʂəː˧˧ tʰəm˧˨] ~ [səː˧˧ tʰəm˧˨]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʂəː˧˧ tʰəm˨˩˦] ~ [səː˧˧ tʰəm˨˩˦]

Verb

sơ thẩm

1. (law) to be on trial of first instance; to conduct a committal hearing