sính

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [sïŋ˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʂɨn˦˧˥] ~ [sɨn˦˧˥]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʂɨn˦˥] ~ [sɨn˦˥]

Sino-Vietnamese word from 逞.

sính

1. to be fond of or to indulge in something to the point that other people may find that obnoxious

   sính dùng chữ ― to indulge in using Chinese characters, words or proverbs

   sính ngoại ― to be xenophilic; to favor foreign things over domestic ones

Sino-Vietnamese word from 聘.

Its Middle Chinese ancestor 聘 (MC phjiengH), which behaved like a chongniu-IV word, would also have yielded unattested doublet **thính; its attested initial ‹s-› likely results from a historical phonological change which yields doublets with ‹s-› vs. ‹th-› like SV readings sất vs. thất from Middle Chinese 匹 (MC phjit), SV readings sái vs. thái from Middle Chinese 蔡 (MC tshajH), native sẹo vs. thẹo (“scar”), etc.

sính

1. (obsolete or only in compounds) related to betrothal

   đồ sính lễ ― betrothal ceremony's gifts (from bridegroom to bride)