thinh

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Vietnamese

Etymology

Likely from Middle Chinese (MC tshjeng), thus non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese (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 (, , , , 𤇂)

  1. (only in compounds) silent, speechless

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