sở

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [səː˧˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʂəː˧˨] ~ [səː˧˨]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʂəː˨˩˦] ~ [səː˨˩˦]

Etymology 1

Noun

(classifier cây) sở

1. sasanqua camellia (Camellia sasanqua)

Etymology 2

Sino-Vietnamese word from 所.

Noun

sở

1. (government) a department (the provincial equivalent of a bộ (“ministry”))