minh tinh

Vietnamese

Etymology

    Sino-Vietnamese word from 明星 (“bright star; celebrity”).

    Pronunciation

    • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [mïŋ˧˧ tïŋ˧˧]
    • (Huế) IPA(key): [mɨn˧˧ tɨn˧˧]
    • (Saigon) IPA(key): [mɨn˧˧ tɨn˧˧]

    Noun

    minh tinh

    1. synonym of sao (“star”), especially a movie star
      minh tinh màn bạc
      a movie star
      (literally, “a bright star of the silver screen”)
    This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.