thanh
See also: Appendix:Variations of "thanh"
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [tʰajŋ̟˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [tʰɛɲ˧˧]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [tʰan˧˧]
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Etymology 1
Sino-Vietnamese word from 聲.
Alternative forms
- thinh (rare)
Noun
thanh
Derived terms
- âm thanh (音聲) - a sound
- gia thanh
- hình thanh (形聲) - (of Chinese characters) a phono-semantic compound
- hữu thanh (有聲) - (phonetics, phonology) voiced
- nghe phong thanh - to hear on the grapevine
- phát thanh (發聲) - a / to broadcast
- phô trương thanh thế
- súng liên thanh - machine gun
- thanh âm (聲音) - sound
- thanh điệu (聲調) - (linguistics) tone
- thanh minh (聲明) - to clarify; explain; justify
- thanh môn (聲門) - (anatomy) glottis
- thanh quản (聲管) - (anatomy) larynx
- thanh thế
- thanh vọng (聲望) - (rare) reputation
- thất thanh (失聲) - (of shouting) shrilly
- truyền thanh (傳聲) - a / to broadcast
- tượng thanh (象聲) - onomatopoeic
- vô thanh (無聲) - (phonetics, phonology) voiceless
- đồng thanh (同声) - (of speaking or singing) in unison
- thanh ngang - (linguistics) the “level” tone
- thanh sắc - (linguistics) the “high rising” tone
- thanh huyền - (linguistics) the “falling” tone
- thanh hỏi - (linguistics) the “mid-falling” tone
- thanh ngã - (linguistics) the “broken rising” tone
- thanh nặng - (linguistics) the “heavy” tone
Etymology 2
Classifier
thanh
- (somewhat literary or formal) Indicates long, thin, inflexible objects, such as swords, planks, metal strips, etc.
Etymology 3
Sino-Vietnamese word from 青. Doublet of xanh.
Adjective
thanh
Derived terms
- đồng thanh - bronze
- Thanh Hải (青海) - Qinghai (a province of China)
- thanh long (青龍) - pitaya; dragon fruit
- Thanh Long (青龍) - the Azure Dragon
- thanh mai trúc mã (青梅竹馬) - relating to falling in love with a childhood friend
- thanh niên (青年) - youth; a young person
- thanh thiên bạch nhật (青天白日) - (figuratively) broad daylight
- thanh thiếu niên (青少年) - youth; adolescents
- thanh xuân (青春) - (literary) youth; the days of youth
Etymology 4
Sino-Vietnamese word from 清.
Adjective
thanh
Derived terms
- huyết thanh (血清) - serum
- thanh danh
- Thanh Hoá (清化) - a province of Vietnam; its capital city
- thanh khiết (清潔) - (literary) pure; uncontaminated
- thanh liêm
- Thanh minh (清明) - Qingming; Tomb Sweeping Day
- thanh thản (清坦) - relaxed; peaceful; untroubled
- thanh thoát (清脫) - elegant; pure; light; flowing; relaxed
- thanh toán (清算) - to check out; pay; liquidate
- thanh tra (清查) - (of a higher authority) to inspect; check; investigate