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Vietnamese
Etymology
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Particularly: “Attested as 秦便 in a poem per Tự điển chữ Nôm dẫn giải. The second element is 賤 as seen also in hà tiện. Since the alternative form tần tiện is also attested (albeit less frequently), the first element might be the same one as in tảo tần/tần tảo. The 秦 in the aforementioned poem is therefore probably merely a phonogram.”
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Pronunciation
Adjective
tằn tiện
- frugal; thrifty
- sống tằn tiện qua ngày ― to scrape by spending the minimum