tín dụng

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 信用, composed of (trust) and (use), Literary Chinese 信用 (xìnyòng, to trust and use; to delegate), reinterpreted in Japanese 信用 (shin'yō, literally for use in trust). Doublet of tin dùng.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [tin˧˦ zʊwŋ͡m˧˨ʔ]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [tin˦˧˥ jʊwŋ͡m˨˩ʔ]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [tɨn˦˥ jʊwŋ͡m˨˩˨]

Noun

tín dụng

  1. (finance) credit

See also