thanh

See also: Thanh, thánh, thành, and Thành

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [tʰajŋ̟˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [tʰɛɲ˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [tʰan˧˧]

Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese word from 聲 or 声.

Noun

thanh

1. (only in compounds) sound; tone; noise

Derived terms

• âm thanh (音聲) - a sound
• hình thanh (形聲) - (of Chinese characters) a phono-semantic compound
• hữu thanh (有聲) - (phonetics, phonology) voiced
• nghe phong thanh - to hear on the grapevine
• phát thanh (發聲) - a / to broadcast
• súng liên thanh - machine gun
• thanh âm (聲音) - sound
• thanh điệu (聲調) - (linguistics) tone
• thanh minh (聲明) - to clarify; explain; justify
• thanh môn (聲門) - (anatomy) glottis
• thanh quản (聲管) - (anatomy) larynx
• thanh vọng (聲望) - (rare) reputation
• thất thanh (失聲) - (of shouting) shrilly
• truyền thanh (傳聲) - a / to broadcast
• tượng thanh (象聲) - onomatopoeic
• vô thanh (無聲) - (phonetics, phonology) voiceless
  
  • đồng thanh (同声) - (of speaking or singing) in unison
  • thanh ngang - (linguistics) the “level” tone
  • thanh sắc - (linguistics) the “high rising” tone
  • thanh huyền - (linguistics) the “falling” tone
  • thanh hỏi - (linguistics) the “mid-falling” tone
  • thanh ngã - (linguistics) the “broken rising” tone
  • thanh nặng - (linguistics) the “heavy” tone

 

Etymology 2

Classifier

thanh

1. (somewhat literary or formal) Indicates long, thin, inflexible objects, such as swords, planks, metal strips, etc.

Etymology 3

Sino-Vietnamese word from 青. Doublet of xanh.

Adjective

thanh

1. (only in compounds) grue (green or blue)

Derived terms

• đồng thanh - bronze
• Thanh Hải (青海) - Qinghai (a province of China)
• thanh long (青龍) - pitaya; dragon fruit
• Thanh Long (青龍) - the Azure Dragon
• thanh mai trúc mã (青梅竹馬) - relating to falling in love with a childhood friend
• thanh niên (青年) - youth; a young person
• thanh thiên bạch nhật (青天白日) - (figuratively) broad daylight
• thanh thiếu niên (青少年) - youth; adolescents
• thanh xuân (青春) - (literary) youth; the days of youth

 

Etymology 4

Sino-Vietnamese word from 清.

Adjective

thanh

1. (chiefly in compounds, literary as a free morpheme) clear; pure; fine

Derived terms

• huyết thanh (血清) - serum
• Thanh Hoá (清化) - a province of Vietnam; its capital city
• thanh khiết (清潔) - (literary) pure; uncontaminated
• Thanh minh (清明) - Qingming; Tomb Sweeping Day
• thanh thản (清坦) - relaxed; peaceful; untroubled
• thanh thoát (清脫) - elegant; pure; light; flowing; relaxed
• thanh toán (清算) - to check out; pay; liquidate
• thanh tra (清查) - (of a higher authority) to inspect; check; investigate