sính

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese word from 逞.

Verb

sính

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

Etymology 2

Sino-Vietnamese word from 聘.

Its Middle Chinese ancestor 聘 (MC phjiengH), 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.

Adjective