tính
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [tïŋ˧˦]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [tɨn˦˧˥]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [tɨn˦˥]
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Verb
tính
Etymology 2
Sino-Vietnamese word from 性.
Alternative forms
- (southern Vietnam) tánh
Noun
tính
- disposition (of people); nature; character; temperament
- 13th century, Wang Yanglin, Three Character Classic; 1900 English translation by Herbert Giles; 1937 Vietnamese translation by Nguyễn Ký Tế (with modernized spellings);
- Nguời mới sinh ra, tính vốn lành; tính học gần, tập đến xa. Nếu không dạy, tính bèn đổi. Đạo dạy nguời, quý nhất là chuyên.
- Men at their birth are naturally good. Their natures are much the same; their habits become widely different. If foolishly there is no teaching, the nature will deteriorate. The right way in teaching is to attach the utmost importance to thoroughness.
- 13th century, Wang Yanglin, Three Character Classic; 1900 English translation by Herbert Giles; 1937 Vietnamese translation by Nguyễn Ký Tế (with modernized spellings);
- nature (of things); character; property
Derived terms
Derived terms
Etymology 3
Sino-Vietnamese word from 姓.
Alternative forms
- (southern Vietnam) tánh
Noun
tính
- (obsolete, only in compounds) surname
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