xinh
Vietnamese edit
Etymology edit
Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 清 (SV: thanh).
Attested as a variant of xênh (as in xênh xang) in Đại Nam Quấc âm tự vị (1895). The earlier meaning appears to be along the line of "neat (of appearance), graceful (of manner)", as in the (now obsolete?) compound xinh lịch (cf. thanh lịch (清歷)).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
xinh • (撐, 撑, 生, 𣛟, 𦎡) (diminutive reduplication xinh xinh)
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