Thìn

See also: thin, þin, and þín

Vietnamese

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese (fifth earthly branch, SV: thần). Some dictionaries (such as Thiều Chửu's) consider it as Sino-Vietnamese, but Thìn's /-in/ is unlikely to be a Sino-Vietnamese rhyme, compared to the likely one /-ən/ in thần. See also , Mẹo, Ngọ, Mùi.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Thìn

  1. a female given name from Chinese
  2. the fifth earthly branch represented by the Dragon

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