Thìn

See also: thin, þin, and þín

Vietnamese

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 辰 (“fifth earthly branch”, SV: thần). Some dictionaries (such as Thiều Chửu's) consider it as Sino-Vietnamese, but Thìn's /-in/ is unlikely to be a Sino-Vietnamese rhyme, compared to the likely one /-ən/ in thần. See also Tí, Mẹo, Ngọ, Mùi.

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [tʰin˨˩]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [tʰin˦˩]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [tʰɨn˨˩]

Proper noun

Thìn

a female given name from Chinese
the fifth earthly branch represented by the Dragon

Coordinate terms

(Chinese earthly branches) Địa Chi; Tí/Tý, Sửu, Dần, Mão, Thìn, Tị/Tỵ, Ngọ, Mùi, Thân, Dậu, Tuất, Hợi ^{(Category: vi:Chinese earthly branches)}

Derived terms

giờ Thìn

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