thính

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [tʰïŋ˧˦]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [tʰɨn˦˧˥]
(Saigon) IPA^(key): [tʰɨn˦˥]

Etymology 1

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Particularly: “From Middle Chinese 餅 (MC pjiengX), thus non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 餅 (“flour-based foods, pastry”, SV: bính) with irregularly arising aspiration? If true, then doublet of bánh.”

Noun

thính • (𥺐, 𥻢, 𥺒, 𫃈)

powdered grilled rice (used to make food)
roasted bran used as bait for fish or shrimp
(neologism, slang) “bait” (for attracting someone); flirtation; romantic advances

Etymology 2

Sino-Vietnamese word from 聽 (“to listen”).

Its Middle Chinese ancestor 聽 (MC theng) "to listen" would have yielded regularly SV reflex **thinh; this attested reflex, with sắc-tone (which suggests a Middle Chinese ancestor with departing tone & unvoiced initial), possibly has arisen from confusion with 聽 (MC thengH) "to administer, to adjudicate", which had departing tone.

Adjective

thính

keen; sharp
thính mũi ― having a keen noise