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