xinh
Vietnamese
editEtymology
editNon-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
editAdjective
editxinh • (撐, 撑, 生, 𣛟, 𦎡) (diminutive reduplication xinh xinh)
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