thinh không

== Vietnamese == === Etymology === From thinh +‎ không; the 1st element is likely non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 清 (“quiet, still”, SV: thanh) while the 2nd is Sino-Vietnamese word from 空 (“emptiness; → space, heaven (in compounds)”). Compare yêng hùng, whose 1st element is a southern dialectal & non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 英 (SV: anh) & chầu văn, whose 1st element is non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 朝 (SV: triều). === Pronunciation === (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [tʰïŋ˧˧ xəwŋ͡m˧˧] (Huế) IPA(key): [tʰɨn˧˧ kʰəwŋ͡m˧˧] (Saigon) IPA(key): [tʰɨn˧˧ kʰəwŋ͡m˧˧] === Noun === thinh không (rare, literary) sky, heaven, atmosphere, space, ether Thinh Không ― Ether (a musical composition by Lương Huệ Trinh & Halla Steinunn Stefánsdóttir) (rare, literary) air (substance) Khi hơi thở hóa thinh không ― When Breath Becomes Air (a non-fiction autobiography by American neurosurgeon Paul Kalanithi)