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thượng thư

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minister
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A high-ranking government official who headed a department in ancient monarchical systems.

vi Vị thượng thư đang xem xét các tấu chương.

en The high-ranking government official is reviewing the petitions.

Parts
thượng / thư / Sino-Vietnamese; the character is 尚書 …

OriginSino-Vietnamese; the character is 尚書

Chinese characters Source-aligned
Representative candidate
尚書
Candidates by syllable
thượng thư
Bold marks the representative form aligned to a source as the spelling of the whole word. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. Source and confidence are shown in the heading above.
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bộ trưởng / minister
Use
thượng thư lang / thượng thư lệnh / thượng đẳng / quyển thượng …
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