biên chế
Vietnamese
Etymology
Sino-Vietnamese word from 編制 (“formation; organization”), from Japanese 編制 (hensei).
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓiən˧˧ t͡ɕe˧˦]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓiəŋ˧˧ t͡ɕej˨˩˦]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ʔɓiəŋ˧˧ cej˦˥]
Noun
biên chế
- (of an organization) staff; a workforce
- biên chế Chính phủ ― the staff of the Government (of Vietnam)
- tăng/giảm biên chế ― to increase/decrease staff
- tinh giảm biên chế ― to "refine" or consolidate staff by removing non-essential positions