tin mừng

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [tin˧˧ mɨŋ˨˩]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [tin˧˧ mɨŋ˦˩]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [tɨ̞̠n˧˧ mɨŋ˨˩]

Etymology 1

tin (“news”) +‎ mừng (“joyful; happy”).

Noun

(rare, literally) good news
có tin mừng
(of a woman) to be pregnant / (of a family) to have the housewife be pregnant

Synonyms

tin vui; tin tốt

Etymology 2

From tin (“news”) +‎ mừng (“joyful; happy”), a calque of Chinese 福音 (phúc âm).

Noun

gospel

See also

Tin Lành

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