tha thẩn

Vietnamese

Etymology

(Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?) Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 赦蜃 (“to let off the hook”, SV: xá thẩn).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [tʰaː˧˧ tʰən˧˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [tʰaː˧˧ tʰəŋ˧˨]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [tʰaː˧˧ tʰəŋ˨˩˦]

Adjective

tha thẩn

1. (of one's walking, somewhat literary) relaxed, with infinite wander

   Synonyms: nhẩn nha, xa xẩn