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Vietnamese
Etymology
Likely from Middle Chinese 清 (MC tshjeng), thus non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 清 (“quiet, still”, SV: thanh).
Compare tầm thinh vs. tầm thanh, both meaning "to seek out sounds (Buddhism)" and from 尋聲 (MC zim syeng).
Pronunciation
Adjective
thinh • (清, 烴, 聲, 請, 𤇂)
- (only in compounds) silent, speechless
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