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 in in Thìn is unlikely to be a Sino-Vietnamese rhyme, compared to the likely one in thần; see also Tí, Mẹo, Mùi

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Thìn

A female given name
the fifth Earthly Branch represented by the Dragon

Derived terms

giờ Thìn

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