động tĩnh

See also: đồng tính and đồng tình

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 動靜, composed of 動 (“moving”) and 靜 (“still”)

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɗəwŋ͡m˧˨ʔ tïŋ˦ˀ˥]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɗəwŋ͡m˨˩ʔ tɨn˧˨]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɗəwŋ͡m˨˩˨ tɨn˨˩˦]

Noun

động tĩnh

  1. (chiefly in the negative or the interrogative) activity (state or quality of being active)
    Chẳng thấy có động tĩnh gì cả.
    I'm not seeing any activity.

See also

  • động vật (“animal”, literally “moving thing”)
  • động mạch (“artery”, literally “moving blood vessel”)
  • tĩnh vật (“still life subject”, literally “still thing”)
  • tĩnh mạch (“vein”, literally “still blood vessel”)
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