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Vietnamese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Sino-Vietnamese word from 精 (“refined”).
Adjective
tinh
- quick to notice; sharp, keen, etc.
- mắt tinh ― sharp eyes
- tinh mắt ― with sharp eyes
- tinh ý ― sharp(-minded)
Noun
tinh
- Clipping of tinh dịch (“semen”).
- thụ tinh ― to fertilize eggs with semen
- xuất tinh ― to ejaculate
Etymology 2
Romanization
tinh
- Sino-Vietnamese reading of 星
Derived terms
- Bắc Đẩu Bội tinh (北斗佩星, “Legion of Honor”)
- Bắc Đẩu thất tinh (北斗七星, “the Big Dipper”)
- bội tinh (佩星, “medal”)
- chiêm tinh học (占星學, “astrology”)
- chiêm tinh thuật (占星術, “astrology”)
- chiêm tinh (占星, “to divine by astrology”)
- chuẩn tinh (準星, “quasar”)
- cứu tinh (救星, “savior”)
- Diêm Vương tinh (閻王星, “Pluto”)
- Hải Vương tinh (海王星, “Neptune”)
- hành tinh (行星, “planet”)
- hằng tinh (恆星, “fixed star”)
- Hoả tinh (火星, “Mars”)
- Kim tinh (金星, “Venus”)
- linh tinh (零星, “trivial”)
- minh tinh (明星, “a (movie) star”)
- Mộc tinh (木星, “Jupiter”)
- người ngoài hành tinh (“alien”)
- siêu tân tinh (超新星, “supernova”)
- tân tinh (新星, “nova”)
- Thiên Vương tinh (天王星, “Uranus”)
- Thổ tinh (土星, “Saturn”)
- Thuỷ tinh (水星, “Mercury”)
- tiểu hành tinh (小行星, “asteroid”)
- tinh cầu (星球, “star”)
- tinh vân (星雲, “nebula”)
- vệ tinh (衛星, “satellite”)