tịnh

Vietnamese

Etymology

A non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 象 (SV: tượng), perhaps used to make it more audibly distinct from tướng (“general”), especially in central dialects in which these two may sound too similar.

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [tïŋ˧˨ʔ]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [tɨn˨˩ʔ]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [tɨn˨˩˨]

Noun

tịnh

(xiangqi, chess) Alternative form of tượng (“elephant; bishop”)

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