tin dùng

Vietnamese

Etymology

From tin (to trust) +‎ dùng (to use), non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 信用 (SV: tín dụng). Doublet of tín dụng.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

tin dùng

  1. (of consumers) to trust in the quality of a product and keep using it