Kinh

English

Alternative forms

• (China) Gin, Jing

Etymology

Borrowed from Vietnamese Kinh (京).

Noun

Kinh (plural Kinhs)

1. An ethnic Vietnamese.

Anagrams

• Hink, hink

Vietnamese

Etymology

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

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [kïŋ˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [kɨn˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [kɨn˧˧]
• Homophone: kinh

Adjective

Kinh

1. (of people) ethnically Vietnamese

   Synonym: Việt

   người Kinh ― the ethnically Vietnamese

   dân tộc Kinh ― the Vietnamese ethnic group