thịnh

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

• (Southern Vietnam, obsolete) thạnh

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 盛; this is the Northern form. Doublet of thạnh, the Southern form.

The Southern form has been mostly displaced by the Northern form as a morpheme, but persists in placenames, such as of the communes Nhơn Thạnh and Thạnh Phước in Bến Tre.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [tʰïŋ˧˨ʔ]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [tʰɨn˨˩ʔ]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [tʰɨn˨˩˨]

Adjective

thịnh

1. prosperous; thriving; flourishing

See also

Derived terms

• âm thịnh dương suy
• cực thịnh
• cường thịnh
• hưng thịnh
• phồn thịnh
• thịnh đạt
• thịnh hành
• thịnh nộ
• thịnh soạn
• thịnh suy
• thịnh tình
• thịnh trị
• thịnh vượng
• toàn thịnh