tịnh

Vietnamese

Etymology

A non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 象 (SV: tượng), perhaps used to make it more audibly distinct from tướng (“general”), especially in central dialects in which these two may sound too similar.

Pronunciation

Noun

tịnh

  1. (xiangqi, chess) alternative form of tượng (“elephant; bishop”)
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