thiêng

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Vietnamese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [tʰiəŋ˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [tʰiəŋ˧˧]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [tʰiəŋ˧˧]

Adjective[edit]

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

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

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