Thìn

See also: thin, þin, and þín

Vietnamese

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 辰 (“fifth earthly branch”, SV: thần). Some dictionaries (such as Thiều Chửu's) consider it as Sino-Vietnamese, but Thìn's /-in/ is unlikely to be a Sino-Vietnamese rhyme, compared to the likely one /-ən/ in thần. See also Tí, Mẹo, Ngọ, Mùi.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [tʰin˨˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [tʰin˦˩]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [tʰɨn˨˩]

Proper noun

Thìn

1. a female given name from Chinese
2. the fifth earthly branch represented by the Dragon

Derived terms

• giờ Thìn