tín dụng

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 信用, composed of 信 (“trust”) and 用 (“use”), Literary Chinese 信用 (xìnyòng, “to trust and use; to delegate”), reinterpreted in Japanese 信用 (shin'yō, literally “for use in trust”). Doublet of tin dùng.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

tín dụng

1. (finance) credit

See also

• thẻ tín dụng
• tín chỉ