thịnh

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

(Southern Vietnam, obsolete) thạnh

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 盛; this is the Northern form. Doublet of thạnh, the Southern form.

The Southern form has been mostly displaced by the Northern form as a morpheme, but persists in placenames, such as of the communes Nhơn Thạnh and Thạnh Phước in Bến Tre.

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [tʰïŋ˧˨ʔ]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [tʰɨn˨˩ʔ]
(Saigon) IPA^(key): [tʰɨn˨˩˨]

Adjective

thịnh

prosperous; thriving; flourishing