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