thiêng

Vietnamese

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 聖 (“holy, sacred”, SV: thánh)

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [tʰiəŋ˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [tʰiəŋ˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [tʰiəŋ˧˧]

Adjective

thiêng • (𤍌, 𬊽, 声, 𠴢, 󱨉, 󰤝, 𤎓, 󱦸, 𪬮, 天)

  1. sacred; holy
  2. precious
  3. (informal) if you speak of someone "thiêng", they would appear right after that, like you speak of the devil

Derived terms

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