Kinh

English edit

Alternative forms edit

(China) Gin, Jing

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Vietnamese Kinh (京).

Noun edit

Kinh (plural Kinhs)

An ethnic Vietnamese.

Anagrams edit

Hink, hink

Vietnamese edit

Etymology edit

Sino-Vietnamese word from 京 (“capital”). Doublet of kinh.

Originally used by lowlanders to distinguish themselves from those from the highlands, whom they dubbed người Trại (“outpost people”) or người Mường (“mountain villagers”).

Muong speakers (or at least, speakers of Mường Bi) call Vietnamese Chỡ (literally “market”), also referring to their capital Kẻ Chợ.

Pronunciation edit

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [kïŋ˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [kɨn˧˧]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [kɨn˧˧]
Homophone: kinh

Adjective edit

Kinh

(of people) ethnically Vietnamese
Synonym: Việt

người Kinh ― the ethnically Vietnamese

dân tộc Kinh ― the Vietnamese ethnic group