thính

See also: Appendix:Variations of "thinh"

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [tʰïŋ˧˦]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [tʰɨn˦˧˥]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [tʰɨn˦˥]

Etymology 1

Noun

thính • (𥺐, 𥻢, 𥺒, 𫃈)

  1. powdered grilled rice (used to make food)
  2. roasted bran used as bait for fish or shrimp
  3. (neologism, slang) “bait” (for attracting someone); flirtation; romantic advances
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Etymology 2

Sino-Vietnamese word from 聽 (“to listen”).

Its Middle Chinese ancestor 聽 (MC theng) "to listen" would have yielded regularly SV reflex **thinh; this attested reflex, with sắc-tone (which suggests a Middle Chinese ancestor with departing tone & unvoiced initial), possibly has arisen from confusion with 聽 (MC thengH) "to administer, to adjudicate", which had departing tone.

Adjective

thính

  1. keen; sharp
    thính mũi ― having a keen noise
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