chín

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕin˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕin˦˧˥]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [cɨn˦˥]
• Homophone: chính (southern Vietnam)

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Inherited from Proto-Vietic *ciːnʔ, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *dciinʔ. Cognate with Muong chỉn, Bahnar tơsĭn, Mang θiːn² and Bolyu ɕən⁵³.

chín (㐱, 𠃩, 𢒂, 𫡦)

1. nine

Inherited from Proto-Vietic *ciːnʔ (“cooked; ripe”), from Proto-Austroasiatic *ciːnʔ (“cooked, ripe”). Cognate with Muong chỉn, Khmer ឆ្អិន (chʼən), Mon စိန်, Bahnar sĭn, Pacoh chein, Mang θiːn² and Bolyu tɕin⁵³.

chín • (㐱, 𠃩, 𫡦, 𤇪, 𤒙, 𤇢, ⿰束㐱, ⿰火𢒂)

1. (cooking) well done

   Antonym: sống

2. (of a fruit or crop) ripe; (of a flower) in full bloom

   Antonyms: xanh, non, xanh lè

3. (zoology, of a larva) full-grown; in the final larval stage
4. thorough; well-thought-out; mature
5. (of a face or lips) flushed; red

• tái (“rare”)