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˧˨]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ʂəː˧˧ tʰəm˨˩˦] ~ [səː˧˧ tʰəm˨˩˦]
Verb
sơ thẩm
- (law) to be on trial of first instance; to conduct a committal hearing