tin dùng

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

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