thính

== Vietnamese == === Pronunciation === (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [tʰïŋ˧˦] (Huế) IPA(key): [tʰɨn˦˧˥] (Saigon) IPA(key): [tʰɨn˦˥] === Etymology 1 === ==== 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 ===== See also ===== === 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 ===== See also =====